11 Years of eDiscovery Mergers, Acquisitions and Investments (Update)
Updated 12/19/12: Provided as a non-comprehensive overview of over 100 key and publicly announced eDiscovery related mergers, acquisitions and investments since 2002, the following listing highlights key industry activities through the lens of announcement date, acquired company, acquiring or investing company and acquisition amount (if known).
Weekly Top Story Digest – July 4, 2012
Compiled by @ComplexD from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.
Graphic E-Discovery
Taken from the blog of Fred Abramson and his New York Business Law Blog, the following graphic originally posted by Forbes Magazine is an excellent summary of the challenges associated with electronic discovery.
Vendor Clips | Live News Feed
Employing a combination of sources derived from RSS Feeds, Web Alerts, and Industry Newsletters and using technology developed by Twitter, Vendor Clips’ Live News Feed via @ComplexD provides legal professionals with quick reference to eDiscovery related news via short headlines, link addresses, and time stamps.
Weekly Top Story Digest – June 6, 2012
Compiled by @ComplexD from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.
eDiscovering Vendors on Twitter
Based on a website review of leading providers influencing the electronic discovery arena, the following list provides a quick, non-all inclusive reference of eDiscovery and eDiscovery-related (fron business intelligence to social media archiving) vendors who have ventured into the “Twittersphere” and have a company specific Twitter feed.
7 Analyst Firms, 55+ Providers: An Aggregate Overview of Leading eDiscovery Providers
Provided as an aggregated listing of key eDiscovery providers as noted by seven technology research firms covering eDiscovery, the following “aggregated list” highlights 55 eDiscovery providers that are listed in at least one eDiscovery report/update from one of the following seven research firms during the past twelve months.
Archiving Anyone?
Based on a compilation of research, reports, and reviews of the leading providers in the enterprise* archiving arena, the following “Top 50+ ″ list provides a concise listing of over 40 of the top active and acknowledged enterprise* archiving vendors.
Clouds, Continents and Providers
Based on a review of the publicly available Executive Summary Table of Contents for the recently released E-Discovery and E-Disclosure 2011 – Crossing Clouds and Continents report by The 451 Group, the following list of the e-discovery and e-disclosure software and service providers covered in the report is provided below for your review/consideration.
Over 50 Top Providers
Based on a compilation of research, reports, reviews, and industry knowledge of the leading providers in the electronic discovery arena, the following “Top 50″ list provides a concise listing of over fifty of the top active and acknowledged electronic discovery providers.
Steps to 26(f) Success
Taken from the recently published book Litigation Readiness: A Practical Approach to Electronic Discovery by Prashant Dubey and Sam Panarella, the following extract on FRCP Rule 26(f) conference preparation provides an excellent overview of the practical steps necessary for “Meet and Confer” conference success.
Tools for Online Fools
Traditionally, organizations have sought to influence users through a combination of print and online materials shared directly by sales team members in face-to-face encounters. However, with the advent and acceptance of social media, organizations can now move a significant portion of conventional face-to-face encounters to an online environment –– a movement that can speed the sharing and collaboration between influencers and those being influenced.
De-Duping Across The (Custodian) Universe
Taken from the Report On Kershaw-Howie Survey of E-Discovery Providers Pertaining to Deduping Strategies and used with permission of the Electronic Discovery Institute, the following infographic depicts the potential data reduction benefit and significant savings that could be achieved through the use of across-custodian de-duping vs. single custodian de-duping in the conduct of electronic discovery.
eDiscovery: Delivery and Integration
Based on a compilation of public domain research, reports, and reviews of the leading providers in the electronic discovery arena, the following list provides a concise listing of of the delivery model and integration approach for many of the leading electronic discovery providers.
eDiscovery Recovery?
Article published in Fall 2010 Litigation | eDiscovery Supplement to American Lawyer/Corporate Counsel on “The Recovery in E-Discovery”. Written by Charlie Mead, the article highlights the industry bounce back after a 2008 contraction.
Considering ECA?
While much has been written and presented on “electronic discovery analytics” within the past several years, it appears to be difficult to find both a commonly accepted concise definition of electronic discovery centric analytics as well as a contextual example of where analytics fits within the field of electronic discovery.
Does Size Matter?
Taken from a combination of public industry estimations as shared in leading electronic discovery publications, this chart shares market sizing data both the software and service areas of electronic discovery for the years between 2008 and 2013.
eDiscovery Events
Provided for your review and planning, the following list shares the latest information on key electronic discovery related conferences, events, seminars and tradeshows.
EDD and Social Media
When one considers the fact that the number of worldwide users of social networking surpassed users of email in July of 2009, it seems to reason that legal professionals considering enterprise communications in their electronic discovery audits, investigations, and litigation should, if they have not already, begin to view social networking based communications in the same way they consider email communications.
Communications 101
By answering eight key communication questions, this insightful presentation provides communications considerations that can make a difference for those seeking to effectively close “the last three feet” with their audience.
Leveraging Social Media?
In today’s “sound-bite” environment in which professional organizations compete for client attention through a variety of communications conduits, it is increasingly important to consider and evaluate the potentially powerful benefits of new social media tools. However, to properly leverage their benefits, one must also understand that these new tools are just that –– tools.
@complexd on Twitter
Latest Twitter posts highlighting electronic discovery and social media from Rob Robinson via @ComplexD.
