Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Merging E-Discovery Process with Technology to Improve Accountability

Recently we told you how corporations were facing more sanctions for electronic-discovery violations. As a result, companies are urged to step up their oversight of the e-Discovery process to improve the quality of the data searched, as well as provide more direct access to the data.

Since then, two e-Discovery vendors have released products aimed at simplifying the search process, as well as providing the ability to search across multiple data storage platforms. While the timing of these releases wasn’t planned to coincide with King & Spalding’s research results (rather, it has something to do with an event we call LegalTech), it does provide a convenient context.

Both vendors approach searching and discovering electronically stored information from the perspective of process, rather than technology, though both feature advanced functions and capabilities. One vendor offers it as a service, while the other offers it as a product.

Index Engines Offers Cloud-Based Backup Tape Discovery
When we spoke to Jim McGann, vice president of Index Engines (news, site), he was eager to weigh in on the sanctions study. While he agrees that technology is only as good as the process overseeing it, he believes the technology can be used to solve critical problems within the enterprise. Such responsibility requires that companies can’t ignore their information, no matter where it exists

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Source: cmswire.com
By: Marisa Peacock

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