Planting the Seeds for Successful eDiscovery

With Spring in full bloom and Summer just around the corner, it’s a natural time to take a moment to evaluate whether the work you’ve put into your lawns and gardens has prepared them to withstand the coming attacks of hot weather, weeds and insect infestations.  This taking stock activity can be applied on a regular basis to all aspects of your life, both personal and professional.  So, if you’re involved in litigation, and eDiscovery in particular, consider this checklist of the Top 10 Questions you should ask eDiscovery vendors as you begin “planting the seeds” for a successful eDiscovery solution.

1. Does the solution automate a wide range of the eDiscovery processes as defined by the EDRM model from information management through preparing load files for litigation review?
2. Does it provide an open integration platform to index all your unstructured data sources including various email systems, storage systems, archiving systems, and content / document management systems—without the need to install software on the target system or additional gateways?
3. Can it execute without impacting employee productivity?
4. Can it conduct ECA on data where it natively resides—prior to collection?
5. Can it create a data topology map identifying electronically stored information by system, custodian, access time, size, and content type?
6. Is it able to output electronically stored information to legal, HR or audit teams prior to the completion of the collection process?
7. Does it interact with electronically stored information on active systems without changing metadata?
8. Does it execute forensically-sound collection policies while providing defensible, comprehensive audit logs?
9. Can it provide rich metadata tagging and classification capabilities?
10. Is it easy to deploy and maintain, accelerating the speed from installation to productivity?

If you answered yes to all ten questions then you can enjoy your summer, knowing that your eDiscovery solution is able to effectively manage all of your reactive and proactive litigation needs. However, if you’re eDiscovery solution doesn’t quite stack up, learn how StoredIQ’s Intelligent Information Management Solution addresses all of these questions, download our in-depth evaluation checklist or email info@storediq.com.

Tags: e-discovery, eDiscovery, electronic discovery, legal discovery

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