Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Greg Harris. Published: 2012-05-16 11:19:35 Laura Zubulake was the keynote speaker on the second day of the Access Data Users’ Conference in Las Vegas. Just in case someone reading this ediscovery blog does not recognize the name “Zubulake”, her case is considered the foundation for the current rules of preservation for ediscovery. For the keynote address, Ms. Zubulake gave a [...]
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.
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: Steve Markey. Published: 2012-05-29 09:00:01 This past week I was at the Business of the Cloud conference in Dallas, TX and sat next to Adam Swidler, a senior manager at Google. He went on to educate me about Google Vault and their retention functionality. And, as I sat there playing around on my iPad with this new service (an improvement from [...]
Technology Assisted Review (TAR) has dominated our recent briefing sessions with providers and consumers alike. Consumers want eDJ to clarify the terminology, technology and market hype surrounding recent cases. Providers have expressed their frustration with the portrayal of TAR as some kind of ‘Easy Button’ that will magically reduce your review expense by 95%. Really. We are hearing second hand stories like, “But VendorX says his system only needs to train with 5%.” Early TAR innovators like DiscoverReady’s CEO Jim Wagner long ago understood that, “It’s not the technology. It’s the people and process.” That can be a complicated message for a relatively unsophisticated consumer who reads blogger headlines instead of the actual transcripts. Discovery and review cease to be easy or routine as the volume and composition of potential collections exceed the ability of a single reviewer to manually code every item. Beyond simple relevance the additional complexities of privilege in TAR keep coming up in our briefings.
Migrated from eDJGroupInc.com. Author: . Published: 2012-05-30 09:00:33 I was in New York City last week for some meetings and to attend the UBIC seminar at the lovely Harvard Club in midtown. UBIC has been on my radar for awhile since they are an Asian company trying to enter the US market. I have a personal interest in international data privacy rules and the [...]