Historical Essays

Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Chuck Rothman. Published: 2012-05-17 10:00:44  There are hundreds of e-discovery software applications available. Every stage of the EDRM can be assisted by one or more commercially available applications. Some of these are designed for very specific functions, such as trial presentation, while others claim to have multiple parts that can be used at different EDRM stages, such as software that [...]

An interesting question came up during an internal meeting of eDJ’s analysts last week: Are the winners and losers in the eDiscovery software market essentially already determined? (Or at the very least, is the winning pool of candidates firmly established?) For so long, a large number eDiscovery software vendors competed in the market and it felt like there would be rounds of consolidation. Some commoditization has occurred, but not as much as we thought would have by this point.

Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: . Published: 2012-05-23 09:00:10  Editors Note:  This article was originally published on May 21, 2012 on the eDiscoveryInsight site.  A copy of the original article can be found here. Mikki Tomlinson and I were lucky to go to the AccessData Users Conference (ADUC) two weeks ago in Las Vegas.  Now it doesn’t take a great deal to get me to [...]

Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Mikki Tomlinson. Published: 2012-05-23 14:00:20  Chuck Rothman wrote a great post on Separating the Wheat from the eDiscovery Software Chaff last week.  I would like to expand on that and take it two steps further.  If you are evaluating software for purposes of a long-term partnership with a preferred vendor or are making the commitment to bring something behind your [...]

Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Kevin L. Nichols. Published: 2012-05-24 09:00:21  Recently, a CFO from Francesca's Holdings Corp, a Houston based company, was fired for wrongfully disclosing sensitive non-public information via social media.  In general, it is difficult and nearly impossible to prohibit employees to have LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter accounts for personal use, let alone monitor them effectively.  However, this incident involved an executive/board [...]

In our piece earlier this week on the pool of winners and losers in the eDiscovery software market, we made some mistakes and omissions. The mistakes we can eliminate in the future with better editorial processes (we are a growing, learning organization like everyone else). The omissions will happen from time to time, especially in a market with so many small yet innovative vendors. It is a constant challenge to keep up with the complex offering of the large software providers in addition to the many point solutions that exits. Thankfully, we have readers that keep us on our toes and remind us when we make a mistake or forget to include all the relevant players.