From IT upgrades to cybersecurity to e-discovery, law firms are seeking answers, which can be challenging when legal and tech personnel speak different languages. But the language of dollars and cents is universal.

Vendors are one thing. (For example, cybersecurity consultant Gideon Lenkey previously told the Law Journal that penetration testing can cost a firm anywhere from $7,500 to $70,000, while his hourly rates for other tasks is $280.)