Leading Enterprises Embrace 'E-Discovery 2.0' to Manage Growing Case Volumes

Clearwell Systems, Inc., apioneer in Intelligent E-Discovery, today announced that leadingenterprises are embracing next-generation technologies, collectively knownas "E-Discovery 2.0," to manage growing case volumes, accelerate early caseanalysis and reduce costs.

A series of fundamental changes have made e-discovery far moreimportant, expensive and complex than it was in the 1990s. Foremost amongthem is a shift from voicemail to email as the primary form ofcommunication, creating a written record where none previously existed.Companies have begun storing this information on disk as the cost of diskstorage has fallen precipitously, from $2.04 per GB in 2004 to $0.77 per GBin 2006. At the same time, changes in the legal and regulatory environmentare forcing companies to preserve, analyze and review this growing body ofinformation for e-discovery. For example, recent amendments to the FederalRules of Civil Procedure have moved e-discovery up in the process, forcingcompanies to have an e-discovery plan within days of a suit being filed.The result is that manual e-discovery processes have become overlytime-consuming and expensive, with their costs often exceeding the amountin dispute.

Companies have responded to these challenges by adopting E-Discovery2.0, which leverages next-generation technologies to reduce the cost, riskand duration of e-discovery.

E-Discovery 2.0 technologies include:

-- Highly scalable archiving solutions for efficient email storage;
-- Sophisticated analysis applications which cull down large volumes of email to only those messages relevant to the case;
-- Advanced visualization capabilities, such as the graphical representation of email discussions, that significantly increase review productivity; and,
-- Open standards such as EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model) and XML standards, reducing costs, delays and errors associated with converting and loading data into numerous proprietary e-discovery systems.

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