Cloud migration involves placing data and applications off-premises and online, shifting the focus from locally-based technology to remote access and deployment. While some legal practices and law firms are likely to continue buying hardware, the pace of cloud migration continues to accelerate as more applications become cloud-ready.

What's behind the decision between embracing an in-house solution or cloud server hosting? A small to midsize legal practice reaches that fork in the road because it has pushed its local technology to the end of its useful life and now needs to do something about it.

When tinkering with technology—or, more accurately, not tinkering with it yourself but entrusting others to handle the often-baffling mechanics—language is everything, and being able to distinguish fact from myth is a big down payment on peace of mind. In this brief introduction to the cloud, we'll address (and debunk) some pervasive myths.