In a recent eDiscovery Journal article, Barry Murphy discusses the challenges of implementing defensible collection, and presents guidelines for how organizations can incorporate eDiscovery into their broader information management programs.
Murphy suggests viewing eDiscovery as an integral part of the organization’s infrastructure. He says, “Ideally, the right collection tool will provide a single interface to search across all information sources, connectors to the most important information sources (and the ability to easily connect to more as needed), and the scalability to parse through a large volume of information.”
At StoredIQ we understand the critical need for legally defensible eDiscovery. Our Intelligent eDiscovery solution allows organizations to take control of their unstructured data enterprise-wide, providing visibility and control over all their business content, and enabling better business decisions, while reducing costs, and lowering legal risks. StoredIQ provides a seamless, defensible approach to eDiscovery, with rapid response to litigation and investigations, allowing organizations to:
- Locate all potentially relevant electronically stored information
- Search and analyze data without moving it from its native environment
- Manage potentially relevant documents in a legally defensible manner
- Generate customizable reports and detailed data topology maps leveraging advanced analytics
Often times, the eDiscovery process is too fragmented, and in order to perform identification, collection, preservation, analysis and processing, legal IT teams need to use three or even more stand-alone applications. But at StoredIQ we’ve addressed this problem, with one solution that not only accesses all your data sources across the enterprise without requiring additional interceding hardware or gateways, but also covers a wide range of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), including Information Management, Identification, Collection, Preservation, Analysis, and Processing – including the ability to conduct early case assessment “in the wild” with no movement of data.
In sports there is a saying that goes something like this. Often, the best defense is a great offense. By proactively implementing an eDiscovery solution that can cover multiple phases of EDRM, organizations can take the offensive in reducing costs and mitigating legal and compliance risks. That sounds like any party taking that approach will have the upper hand should they find themselves in a legal situation.
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