IKON and WorkProducts Partner to Deliver MatterSpace Appliance

MALVERN, Pa. & FAIRFAX, Va.-- June 25 -- IKON Office Solutions (NYSE:IKN), the largest provider of legal document services in the U.S., today announced that its Legal Document Services team has partnered with WorkProducts to offer customers the leading Evidence Lifecycle Management (ELM) solution, MatterSpace(R). This partnership will be showcased during the LegalTech West Coast trade show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 26-27, Exhibit Booth 427.

MatterSpace, offered as a security-permissioned appliance for corporations and law firms, seamlessly combines corporate record management systems with downstream eDiscovery services to support preservation communications and the collection, identification and preservation of both structured and unstructured data for legal discovery. MatterSpace crawls the corporate network for specifically targeted employees identifying, preserving, collecting, indexing and de-duplicating accessible structured and unstructured electronically stored information (ESI).

Regardless of where employees and documents are located, legal users can facilitate collaboration among concerned parties and track all matter-specific preservation communications and events, such as litigation holds. Through the automated and repeatable appliance-based MatterSpace processes, legal professionals can fully maintain preservation compliance, while meeting eDiscovery deadlines and cutting expenses. This solution also provides simple set-up for data backup needs and automatically secures the information in an off-site facility. Since all data is digitally encrypted and signed, it can never be read or tampered with by unauthorized personnel.

Proofpoint, Inc. Acquires SaaS Email Archiving Vendor Fortiva, Inc.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – June 24, 2008 – Proofpoint, Inc., the leading provider of unified email security and data loss prevention solutions, today announced that it has acquired Fortiva, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand email archiving solutions for legal discovery, regulatory compliance and email storage management. The acquisition strengthens Proofpoint’s position as a leading vendor of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and hybrid solutions for email security, data loss prevention and email archiving.

Fortiva provides an on-demand email archiving solution that addresses three key challenges – email storage management, legal discovery and regulatory compliance – without the headaches of managing an archive in-house. As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, the Fortiva Archiving Suite™ can be up and running in days, with minimal upfront capital costs and planning requirements. The Fortiva solution uses an innovative hybrid deployment model that delivers the cost advantages of SaaS with the guaranteed security of on premises appliance.

Fortiva’s archiving solution becomes the latest addition to Proofpoint’s growing family of SaaS and hybrid solutions. Proofpoint’s flagship SaaS solution, Proofpoint on Demand™, delivers Proofpoint’s industry-leading messaging security features—including anti-spam, anti-virus, email policy enforcement, data loss prevention and policy-based encryption capabilities—as a cost-effective, easy-to-adopt and easy-to-manage on-demand service.

AUTONOMY ANNOUNCES END-TO-END HOSTED E-DISCOVERY SOLUTION

Cambridge, UK and San Francisco, Calif. - June 11, 2008 - Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today introduced the industry's most scalable end-to-end hosted eDiscovery solution. With 6,000 servers across five data centers, Autonomy is providing hosted eDiscovery solutions for the largest and most complex legal and regulatory matters. Autonomy applies the most advanced technology in its hosting centers, including analytics for Early Case Assessment (ECA), automatic categorization for prioritizing eDiscovery Review, language independence for international cases, and audio support required for financial services and subprime litigation cases.

"As litigation portfolios increase in size and complexity, law firms and corporations are demanding hosted eDiscovery solutions that offer high levels of scalability, security, speed of processing, as well as support for foreign languages and audio," said Dr. Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy. "Organizations often face new technology challenges that arise in large complex litigations. With Autonomy, since we develop all of our own technologies, we have the unique ability to partner with leading law firms and corporations to meet these challenges. Autonomy offers highly scalable, world-class data centers, experienced team and an end-to-end platform that allow customers to manage all data via a single interface regardless of language or file type, eliminating the risks inherent in passing it from vendor to vendor."

Autonomy's end-to-end hosted eDiscovery solution is a fully outsourced, comprehensive technology and services solution, providing data preparation, ECA with pre-review analytics, full EDD processing, advanced review and production, all on a powerful platform. The hosted environment is fully flexible yet secure, enabling multiple parties involved in litigation to work together on the identification of custodians and hot documents and review of responsive data, generating hard dollar ROI in terms of time saved during processing and review and a 50% cost savings when compared to other solutions. Because data is maintained with a single vendor, there is less risk of data spoliation, and chain of custody remains intact from beginning to end. Detailed reports can be provided to track the data at each step of the process, demonstrating an auditable and defensible practice in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP).

Technology Pathways Releases New E-Discovery Archival Tool for Electronically Stored Information

Coronado, CA (PRWEB) June 1, 2008 -- Technology Pathways, LLC announced today the release of e.s.i.DiscoverTM, a new electronic-discovery search appliance which helps companies locate and preserve responsive documents to comply with court ordered discovery requests. The e.s.i.Discover Search Appliance can index millions of documents contained on servers and workstations throughout an enterprise and allow rapid searching based on sophisticated searching techniques to identify the responsive documents such as word documents, spreadsheets or PDF's. Searches typically take only a few minutes and can be easily modified to hone in on the required documents quickly. Once identified, the e.s.i.Discover Search Appliance can collect and authenticate the documents using an MD-5 or SHA-1 hash signature. These documents can then be saved for export to other popular e-discovery work flow products for further processing and presentation.

"The e.s.i.Discover Search Appliance makes my job of helping clients locate and collect responsive documents for court ordered discovery much faster, easier and more reliable," said Neil Broom, president of Technical Resource Center, Inc. "This is the first really break-through product for e-discovery I have seen recently and I am excited about the immediate benefit of increased productivity it will provide."

The e.s.i.Discover Search appliance can be rapidly deployed into enterprise networks and configured to index all documents contained in a set of servers and workstations. Once indexed, searches may be conducted with minimal training by the in-house or external council to identify all documents responsive to court orders. The e.s.i.Discover Search Appliance is available now with pricing starting as low as $59,950.

Mimosa Announces the Archiving of Files in Addition to Email

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — May 6, 2008 — Mimosa Systems, a leader in live content archiving solutions, today unveiled Mimosa NearPoint™ File System Archiving (FSA), a powerful archiving option that enables users to retain, retrieve and recover critical, free-range files alongside millions of emails, attachments, instant messages, and content from backup tapes stored in an integrated content-aware archive. Built on the award-winning Mimosa NearPoint platform, this new offering provides Mimosa customers with the most advanced content archive that addresses critical requirements for storage optimization, end-user information access, eDiscovery, content monitoring, and recovery in a single solution.

The widespread growth of unmanaged, free-range electronic files, such as Microsoft® Office files, Adobe® PDF files, and others, creates a critical challenge for enterprises trying to control storage costs, maintain content according to their retention and deletion policies, and find and preserve these files in the face of stringent discovery requirements.

Mimosa NearPoint FSA moves files from premium production storage to lower cost archive storage. FSA utilizes advanced stubbing technology that coordinates the use of network and backup processes while preserving the look and feel of the original file that was stored on the production disk. End-users can access the files as they normally would, while administrators see immediate benefits of storage reduction and optimized primary storage performance.

AccessData Releases New eDiscovery Software

LINDON, Utah--March 24, 2008--Today, AccessData announced the release of AccessData® (AD) eDiscovery, designed to be the most effective, automated, in-house eDiscovery solution available. It is the only solution to address all data equally, enabling organizations to identify, preserve and process data from desktops, servers, popular data repositories, databases and email. In addition, AD eDiscovery is the first in-house eDiscovery solution that can be used by anybody from paralegals to highly technical IT personnel.

“When compared to other eDiscovery solutions on the market, AccessData eDiscovery is by far the easiest to use," said Tim Leehealey, CEO of AccessData. Organizations traditionally rely on several products and vendors to effectively respond to litigation matters, but now organizations can address the eDiscovery lifecycle with a single solution. With an easy-to-use interface, AD eDiscovery maps to the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, virtually walking an organization through the eDiscovery process. This advanced workflow, combined with legal matter management and analytics, as well as automated mapping of the custodian data universe, makes AccessData eDiscovery the genesis of a new era in electronic discovery.

Hitachi Enters Proactive E-Discovery Litigation Readiness Market

HANNOVER, Germany - (Business Wire) As organizations struggle with the search and retrieval of unmanaged data stored in siloed infrastructures, Hitachi Data Systems today introduced all new file and content services that dramatically simplify data management. The newly unveiled Hitachi Data Discovery Suite delivers powerful content index and search services across network attached storage (NAS) and content archive environments — an industry first that breaks through the traditional barriers of stovepipe storage infrastructures and mitigates the risk of unmanaged or rogue data. With today’s announcement, Hitachi delivers common search, retention, movement and protection of data — extending its proven capabilities in block storage data management to file services with in an integrated services oriented platform.

Today’s organizations are faced with severe business challenges as a result of the rapid growth of unstructured data stored across multiple storage infrastructures and data centers. According to an April 2006 IDC report1, the cost of ineffective search is estimated at $5,251 per worker per year. For 1,000 workers, the cost is estimated at $5.25 million. The risks associated with failed or prolonged searches for legal discovery or compliance can be even higher.

"Today, there is a large percentage of corporate data that is considered unmanaged or rogue posing serious security and compliance risks to businesses," said Laura DuBois, research director, Storage Software, IDC. “As companies grapple with how to manage this information and put policies around it – from archiving, to storage, to search and retrieval – IT departments are looking for the best solutions to manage their expanding information vaults. With the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite, Hitachi Data Systems offers a viable solution to companies who are trying to eliminate risk and manage rogue data before it impacts the bottom line."

“Organizations are spending millions per year in e-discovery and these costs are compounded by the escalating expenses associated with storage sprawl in environments with large amounts of file based or unstructured data,” said John Mansfield, senior vice president, Global Solutions, Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data Systems. “Previous generation file storage products were not designed to be efficient in terms of storage utilization and data management. We are taking our proven experience in storing and managing block storage environments and extending that strength to file services — reducing the risk of rogue data, while improving operating efficiencies.”

“Hitachi has clearly done its homework with Hitachi Data Discovery Suite,” said John Webster, Principal IT Advisor, Illuminata, Inc. “Storage administrators should find in the Hitachi Data Discovery Suite an environment in which to engage their internal records managers, auditors, and attorneys in an ongoing discussion on policy implementation and lifecycle management.”

Huron Consulting Group Launches V3locity a Fixed per Page Priced E-discovery Service

CHICAGO – January 30, 2008 – Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of financial and operational consulting services, today announced the launch of the Company’s litigation support initiative V3locity™, an unprecedented predictable fixed per page priced e-discovery service involving processing, hosting, review and production. V3locity (pronounced “velocity”) will save clients up to 60 percent in cost compared to similar e-discovery services.

“For law firms and general counsels, e-discovery has become a trying and inefficient process. They are facing costs that are spiraling out of control, dealing with multiple vendors and waiting months before seeing any results,” said Gary E. Holdren, chairman and chief executive officer, Huron Consulting Group. “Our new V3locity solution offers our clients a different approach based on cost savings, increased accuracy, and overall service delivered with high speed results. V3locity gives our clients a competitive advantage in litigation matters, investigations and second request/regulatory reviews.”

Electronic document discovery has become one of the single largest components of litigation, with the review portion accounting for up to 80 percent of the $3 billion a year e-discovery marketplace. Huron developed V3locity in response to market demand for cost efficiency and predictability, offering a pricing model based only on the number of pages actually subject to review with no separate hourly charges for processing, hosting or production. Huron’s V3locity model distinguishes itself from others with a combined services approach at significantly reduced cost with measurable results for clients.

“Huron's Legal Consulting business has experienced tremendous growth,” said Shahzad Bashir, vice president and practice leader for Huron Consulting Group’s Legal Consulting practice. “Huron’s growth has been largely fueled by our ability to act as the trusted business advisor to the Office of the General Counsel and their law firms. With V3locity, we are able to offer yet another market-driven, client centered solution which will revolutionize e-discovery services in large scale litigation or corporate document review situations.”

AXS-One Announces New Division, Major Reseller Agreements

Rutherford, NJ –January 10, 2008 -- AXS-One [OTCBB : AXSO], a leading provider of scalable, high-performance records compliance management (RCM) solutions, today made a significant commitment to the growing hosting market by launching a new division specifically to offer innovative archiving technologies to key providers in the hosting and e-Discovery markets. As part of the new strategy, AXS-One also announced that it has signed reseller agreements with two of the world's major hosting providers to offer a full complement of hosted technologies and services around the AXS-One Compliance Platform™.

While AXS-One has long partnered with leading hosting and managed services providers to offer such services, today's announcements effectively propel the company and its solutions into the forefront of the hosting market with a unique combination of innovative technology, market-leading services and brand-name reliability. The agreements come at a time when growth in the market for hosted electronic records management is accelerating. According to research firm IDC, the market for hosted services associated with e-mail archiving alone will reach a CAGR of more than 22% through 2010.

Huron Consulting Group Announces V3locity(TM)

CHICAGO – January 9, 2008 – Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of financial and operational consulting services, today announced the upcoming launch of theCompany’s litigation support initiative V3locity™, an unprecedented predictable fixed per page priced e-discovery service encompassing processing, hosting, review and production services. V3locity (pronounced “velocity”) will save clients up to 60 percent in costs compared to similar e-discovery services.

“For law firms and the office of general counsels, e-discovery has become a trying and inefficientprocess. Legal departments often face unpredictable costs, rely on multiple vendors and can waitmonths before seeing results,” said Gary E. Holdren, chairman and chief executive officer, HuronConsulting Group. “Our new V3locity solution offers clients unmatched value, not just in cost savingsbut in overall service, quality and accuracy. V3locity gives our clients a competitive advantage inlitigation matters, investigations and second request/regulatory reviews.”

Autonomy boost for e-discovery with new product

Search giant Autonomy has launched a new document preservation tool, designed to help IT managers and legal teams in their e-discovery and compliance efforts on client devices.

Developed by the firm's Zantaz subsidiary, Desktop Legal Hold works by monitoring and locking down any relevant information including emails, PDFs and instant messages, across mobile devices such as laptops, USB devices and smartphones.

CaseData Begins Operating as Oce Business Services Records, Compliance and Legal Solutions Division

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- CaseData, Inc., a leader in electronic discovery services that was acquired by Oce Business Services last year, is now operating as the Records, Compliance and Legal Solutions division of Oce Business Services. The division offers law firms and corporations a full range of document imaging, records management, electronic and paper discovery, forensics, and Web-based data review and production services.

"In addition to a new identity, our division has a unique approach, which we term a Unified eDiscovery Platform," said Douglas Bean, Vice President and General Manager, Records, Compliance and Legal Solutions, Oce Business Services. "This approach recognizes that clients increasingly want to implement solutions that link records, compliance, and legal discovery. Our ability to meet this need is now stronger than ever."

Index Engines Announces Affordable End-to-End Automation of the EDiscovery Process

Holmdel, NJ—— November 20, 2007 —- Index Engines, the leader in enterprise discovery solutions, today announced the eDiscovery Edition of its Tape Engine which includes new features to automate the eDiscovery process for offline tape content. The eDiscovery Edition makes enterprise litigation readiness a reality by automating tape data sorting and object extraction – eliminating the time consuming and expensive process of restoring tapes in order to begin discovery. Using patent-pending technology, the Index Engines Edition directly indexes data on offline tapes without ever restoring it. As a result, corporate legal teams can now instantly search the metadata as well as full text content of difficult-to-access data archives and extract the relevant files and email in order to respond quickly to litigation requests and to mitigate risk.

Océ Business Services Integrates Native File Review

NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 1, 2007) – Océ Business Services, Inc. today announced that it has incorporated an integrated native file electronic document review capability into its electronic discovery platform. This enhanced functionality will help corporations and law firms increase productivity, lower risk, and significantly reduce costs.

Native file review capabilities dramatically enhance the review of large electronic document collections, significantly streamlining the process. With 90 percent of today’s information in electronic files, millions of electronic documents in various formats can be involved in the initial review of a complex litigation. File types can range from email to spreadsheets and word processing documents.

Océ Business Services has addressed these challenges by integrating native file review capability with its dataDeliver™ ASP document review system, a service offered through its CaseData electronic discovery and litigation support division. dataDeliver™ ASP is a Web-based tool that provides collaborative review and production of scanned paper and electronic files. The native file document review solution integrates seamlessly with dataDeliver™ ASP. This enables clients to quickly incorporate the ability to view high-fidelity representations of electronic native files into their document review strategy.