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This January, Kim Taylor negotiated a deal he thought would give his company, Ipro, an edge over its biggest competitors in the e-Discovery space.
Rather than hire engineers to build original data review software, Taylor said it makes more sense to contract with a company that already makes such technology. He had already been licensing the Content Analyst Company’s proprietary CAAT analytic search engine, which powers the data analysis component of Ipro’s document review tool, and Taylor inked a brand new two-year deal.
“For us, analytics is a big part of our core belief,” he explained. “We’re including content analyst into our system for no extra cost.”
That’s still the plan, but the competitive landscape in the e-discovery industry changed earlier this month: Another e-Discovery company, kCura, whom Taylor called the emerging “800-pound gorilla” of the industry and is a competitor to Taylor’s Ipro, purchased Content Analyst Company on undisclosed terms. Taylor is still locked into his contract to use CAAT, but now the catch is that he’s paying a direct competitor.
Read the complete article at An 800-Pound Gorilla and the New e-Discovery Landscape