2011 Solution Providers

Chairman

Hudson Legal

Website: us.hudson.com/legal

Hudson Legal is a global full-service document review advisory firm offering discovery consulting, document review, project management, foreign language legal services, off-site space, legal staffing and recruitment. Specializing in complete, end-to-end project implementation and management, Hudson Legal provides clients teams of attorneys and paralegals, along with workspace and project oversight to ensure top quality results are delivered efficiently, accurately and affordably. With more than 1,500 seats in 12 customizable turnkey document review centers across the U.S. and in Europe, Hudson can quickly meet the demands of both small and large-scale discovery work. More information is available at us.hudson.com/legal and on Hudson’s blog at www.hudsonlegalblog.com or follow @HudsonLegal on Twitter.


Platinum Sponsors

Ernst & Young

Website: www.ey.com/uk

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Our more than 1,000 fraud investigation and dispute professionals around the world bring the analytical and technical skills needed to quickly and effectively conduct financial investigations, quantify economic damages, and gather and analyse electronic evidence. Our global network of over 200 forensic technology professionals and our strategically located data centres provide flexible and innovative solutions focused on our clients' needs. Together with comprehensive project management, advisory services and in-depth forensic investigative and technical experience, we are focused on finding the right tool for the right job. And because we understand that, to achieve your potential, you need a tailored service as much as consistent methodologies, we work to give you the benefit of our broad sector experience, our deep subject matter knowledge and the latest insights from our work worldwide. It’s how Ernst & Young makes a difference.


Clearwell Systems

Website: www.clearwellsystems.com

Clearwell Systems is transforming the way enterprises perform e-disclosure in response to litigation, regulatory enquiries, and corporate investigations.

By automating the processing, analysis, review and production of electronic information Clearwell enables , enterprises to accelerate early case assessments, effectively cull-down data, increase reviewer productivity, and ensure the defensibility of the entire e-disclosure process. Clearwell was rated as a "Strong Positive" (highest possible rating given) in Gartner's 2008 E-Discovery MarketScope Report.

For more information, visit Clearwell Systems at www.clearwellsystems.com/uk/ or subscribe to the E-Discovery 2.0 blog at: www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog.


PwC Forensic Technology Solutions (FTS)

Website: www.pwc.com

Electronically-stored information (ESI) is growing faster than organizations can manage. Systems are designed for business needs and not for responding to incidents. PwC has a reputation to help clients managing vast amounts of data in situations of crisis, driven by regulator, investigative or litigation needs. PwC is distinctive by combining technical, investigative, forensic accounting and legal skills and experienced in dealing with cross-border data challenges.

We bring a professional, holistic approach by offering a full spectrum of e-discovery and information management related services. This includes advanced data analytics and data mining solutions (e.g. continuous monitoring), computer forensic and e-discovery services, a cyber crime and data breach response team and preventive information risk management (IRM) assessments to establish an enterprise content management (ECM) framework.

PwC has offices in over 150 countries, and our FTS presence includes over 350 professionals spanning 35 countries. We are capable of leveraging forensic data labs worldwide in order to identify, preserve, retrieve and analyse a wide array of information in a forensic sound way.


Gold Plus Sponsors

EMC Corporation

Website: www.emc.com/ediscovery

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations, helping organizations store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. To address Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) regulations surrounding discovery of electronically stored information, EMC offers expertise in, and solutions for, eDiscovery, information governance, archiving, and records management.

With expanding rules and regulations, EMC makes it possible for organizations to defend the corporate interests, meet governance challenges, and ensure regulatory and audit compliance, while balancing risks and expense.

For more information about the EMC capabilities and solutions:

visit www.emc.com/ediscovery or www.emc.com/informationgovernance.


kCura

Website: www.kcura.com

Recognized by Gartner as a leader in the 2011 E-Discovery Magic Quadrant, kCura are the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity. Relativity is a web-based platform servicing the review, analysis, and production stages of the EDRM. Relativity also powers kCura's legal hold management solution, Method, which is a workflow and notification system designed to manage legal hold and risk assessment processes. kCura helps corporations, law firms, and government agencies with e-discovery challenges by installing Relativity and Method on-premises, as well as providing hosted, on-demand solutions through a global network of partners in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. For more information about Relativity and Method, contact kCura at info@kcura.com or visit www.kcura.com.

Nuix

Website: nuix.com

Nuix is a worldwide provider of information management technologies, including eDiscovery, electronic investigation and information governance software. Nuix solutions scale to meet the needs of the smallest or largest organizations, making it faster and easier to undertake investigations and data management activities, no matter the size or complexity of the data sets. Nuix customers include the world’s leading advisory firms, litigation support providers, enterprises, government departments, police and anti-corruption bodies, as well as all of the world’s major regulatory and security agencies.


Silver Plus Sponsors

iCONECT

Website: www.iconect.com

For more than a decade, iCONECT Development, LLC has provided litigation support solutions that help law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies and legal service providers reduce the excessive costs and process inefficiencies associated with e-discovery. As an in-house tool or hosted by a worldwide network of Litigation Service Providers, iCONECT’s software, expertise and support is trusted by 83 of the AmLaw 100 law firms, Fortune 500 corporate legal departments and Magic Circle firms for document review, mergers and acquisitions, and domestic and international multi-party cases. The company is based in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C. and London, Canada. For more information, visit www.iconect.com.

iCONECT and the iCONECT logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of iCONECT Development, LLC or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.


Quislex

Website: www.quislex.com

QuisLex is a premier litigation and corporate support services provider to Global 500 corporations and AM Law 10, AM Law 25, Global 100 and Magic Circle law firms. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in New York, QuisLex provides its services to its worldwide client base from its state-of-the-art, 24/7 secure execution centers in India, and its onshore review facility. QuisLex has grown organically over the past seven+ years from 3 employees to over 400, entirely due to repeat work and references from clients. QuisLex is led by seasoned U.S. attorneys with decades of cumulative experience with international law firms such as Skadden Arps, Sidley Austin and Shearman & Sterling, and Fortune 500 companies. QuisLex is certified ISO 9001:2008 compliant for its proprietary quality management system and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 compliant for its information security management system. QuisLex is a SAS 70 Type II entity, HIPAA compliant and is also EU Safe Harbor self-certified. For more information on QuisLex, please visit www.QuisLex.com.


Hudson Legal

Website: us.hudson.com/legal

Hudson Legal is a global full-service document review advisory firm offering discovery consulting, document review, project management, foreign language legal services, off-site space, legal staffing and recruitment. Specializing in complete, end-to-end project implementation and management, Hudson Legal provides clients teams of attorneys and paralegals, along with workspace and project oversight to ensure top quality results are delivered efficiently, accurately and affordably. With more than 1,500 seats in 12 customizable turnkey document review centers across the U.S. and in Europe, Hudson can quickly meet the demands of both small and large-scale discovery work. More information is available at us.hudson.com/legal and on Hudson’s blog at www.hudsonlegalblog.com or follow @HudsonLegal on Twitter.


Silver Sponsors

AlixPartners

Website: www.alixpartners.com

You need to get the right advice to the client at the right time...usually yesterday...

In urgent, high-impact situations, our small teams of senior professionals improve business performance, execute turnarounds, provide dispute services, carry out corporate investigations and offer world-class interim management.

We’re called upon to help solve a wide range of critical issues. Our services for lawyers and your clients include hands-on support with:

  • Competition services
  • Corporate investigations
  • Complex M&A transactions
  • E-disclosure and data analytics
  • Expert witness and litigation support
  • Operational transformation
  • Refinancing
  • Valuation services

And, in this challenging market we help law firms, too, with their own operational transformation from good to great.

The firm has more than 900 professionals in 15 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, and is on the web at alixpartners.com


Avyukta Solutions

Website: www.avyuktasolutions.com

Avyukta Solutions is a trusted Offshore Partner that manages back-office process related to:- Legal Process Outsource (LPO) - Finance & Accounts Process Outsource (FPO) – IT Support and Services. The LPO wing of Avyukta Solutions comprise of experienced professionals equipped with Legal Knowledge of the services and the solutions offered by Avyukta to all its respected Legal clients across Europe and US. Avyukta Solutions inculcates its experience gained thru serving its esteemed clients and keeping itself equipped with up-to-date industry trends in providing Legal back office services such as- Trade-Mark Services, Patent Support Services, Litigation Support, Legal Research, Due Diligence Support, Document Review and E-Discovery to name a few. Transparency in operations and quality deliverance has enabled both the Offshore and Onshore partners to explore new perspective that leads the Principle Onshore Partners to flexibly use the saved cost from Outsourcing in capturing the market and explore value addition opportunities thru its Onshore presence.


BlueArc

BlueArc develops and sells clustered NAS systems for storing and managing digital content and unstructured (file-based) data. The company’s products use a scalable file system that allows for multiple storage appliances (nodes) to be managed as a single pool. The challenges involved in storing, producing and manipulating terabytes of data for eDiscovery and eDisclosure requires expertise in both legal issues as well as technological issues. As customer capacity requirements grow, new storage nodes can be added without disrupting operations and legacy storage systems can be incorporated into the BlueArc namespace for better utilization of assets. The EDRM application areas that include identification, processing and collection specifically benefit from the BlueArc architecture, and many industry bench¬marks demonstrate the value add of accelerating eDiscovery in the corporation, at the law firm, and at the service provider.

BlueArc’s products are important for high-end file repositories in eDiscovery. BlueArc has been increasingly positioning its branded products toward mainstream enterprise virtualization environments.

BlueArc’s solutions are particularly well suited to the needs of eDiscovery service providers because they provide for rapid provisioning for new products and a lower total cost of ownership with simplified administration and consolidation. BlueArc solutions support the latest virtualization advances, further enabling surface providers to reduce overhead and scale up quickly. In addition, BlueArc provides industry-leading performance for storing, retrieving and maintaining large collections of small files, removing the file-processing bottlenecks that can challenge even the most successful eDiscovery environments.

BlueArc is a 12 year old company with its engineering in San Jose, California and Bracknell UK, and BlueArc is now a part of HDS.


First Advantage Litigation Consulting

Website: www.fadvlit.com

First Advantage Litigation Consulting provides end-to-end litigation and investigative services to corporations, law firms and regulatory agencies.

  • Computer Forensics: First Advantage has computer forensics experts and consultants worldwide. All methodologies are court-tested and legally defensible.
  • eDisclosure: First Advantage works with clients to identify relevant data and employs cost-effective solutions to preserve, collect, analyse, process, search and review business records, in any language and in any jurisdiction.
  • International Presence: First Advantage operates facilities in Europe, Asia, and North America, and provides customised local solutions when sensitive data cannot leave its point of origin.

FTI Consulting

Website: www.fti-technology.com

FTI Technology provides software, services and consulting that empower corporations and their law firms to secure the best possible results for legal or regulatory matters-without disrupting their core business. Our comprehensive portfolio of software and services, and expertise give you unprecedented flexibility to prepare for and address key legal challenges worldwide.


Hitachi Data Systems

Website: www.hds.co.uk

Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class information technologies, services and solutions that deliver compelling customer ROI, unmatched return on assets (ROA) and demonstrable business impact. With a vision that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable, Hitachi Data Systems offers solutions that improve IT costs and agility. With more than 4,200 employees worldwide, Hitachi Data Systems does business in more than 100 countries and regions. Hitachi Data Systems products, services and solutions are trusted by the world’s leading enterprises, including more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100 and more than 80 percent of the Fortune Global 100. Hitachi Data Systems believes that data drives our world – and information is the new currency.

Hitachi Data Systems File and Content Solutions Integrate Services for Better Efficiencies


Huron Legal

Website: www.huronconsultinggroup.com

Huron Legal provides advisory and business services to assist legal departments and law firms to enhance organisational effectiveness and reduce legal spend. Huron Legal advises on and implements strategy, organisational design and development, outside counsel management, operational efficiency, and discovery solutions, and provides services relating to the management of matters, contracts, documents, records, digital evidence and e-disclosure.


IKB Data

Website: www.ikb-data.de

IKB Data GmbH is an IT Infrastructure Service Provider offering certified highly secure premium hosting services for data processing and electronic discovery management. IKB Data consists of highly motivated, experienced IT professionals providing litigation support and hosting solutions for e-Discovery within secured facilities and in line with German Data Protection Regulations.

However, there is a lack of market awareness of IKB Data’s capabilities outside of the existing client base in Germany and one of the main aims is to educate the market of the benefits and availability of IKB Data’s e-Discovery offering.

The unique selling proposition is defined by providing a certified data center according to the strict requirements of the German data protection rules. IKB Data GmbH has the professional know-how to support a complex litigation process. The delivery performance is regularly checked by legal authorities (e.g. BaFin) and data protection experts (e.g. DESAG and TÜV).

The IKB Data GmbH is licensed as an e-Discovery software provider and is certified in managing the relevant tools. For more information visit www.ikb-data.de or e-mail IKB Data GmbH at info@ikb-data.de.


Millnet

Website: www.millnet.co.uk

As the UK’s leading independent provider of eDiscovery services, Millnet has a track record of providing eDiscovery services for over 10 years to UK and international law firms, corporations, regulatory bodies and professional services firms.

Under the banner of Smart eDiscovery, Millnet offer a full range of services using industry leading technologies including Nuix and Relativity.

What makes Millnet different is their team of lawyers, technical experts, project managers and highly experienced operational staff. A distinguishing feature of Millnet’s Smart eDiscovery is its consultative approach, which starts with a free initial consultation to establish the size, scope and likely costs associated with each new engagement.

Millnet does not believe in a one size fits all approach to the problems of eDisclosure. Based on an understanding of requirements for each new matter an approach is designed to reflect agreed time, cost and risk parameters.

Millnet create long lasting relationships with clients based on superior consultation and project management coupled with flexibility throughout the eDiscovery process


Recommind

Website: www.recommind.com

Recommind is the leader in sophisticated search, categorisation and eDisclosure software, providing the most accurate and automated information management tools available to the legal industry. Recommind‘s Axcelerate eDiscovery helps enterprises explore, collect review and analyze electronically stored information (ESI) to prepare for and comply with litigation, regulatory oversight and investigations of every kind. Recommind ‘s sophisticated technology and workflows allow enterprises to collect and review ESI in a highly accurate and defensible manner, dramatically improving the speed and accuracy of the eDisclosure process while drastically reducing the cost. Axcelerate On-Demand provides law firms and enterprises with the same powerful software in a hosted environment, delivering the flexibility to meet budgetary requirements and impending deadlines no matter the size or complexity of the case.

For more information visit: www.recommind.com or www.predictivecoding.com


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Stroz Friedberg

Website: www.strozfriedberg.com

Stroz Friedberg is a leading global digital risk management and investigations firm. The company specialises in digital forensics, data breach and cybercrime response, electronic disclosure, and business intelligence and investigations. Working at the crossroads of technology, law and behavioural science, the company provides technical assistance and strategic advice to help manage the inherent risks and responsibilities of doing business in a digital era. Learn more about the firm’s capabilities and experience at www.strozfriedberg.com.


UNIFIED

Website: www.unif-id.com

UNIFIED is an onshore, legal support service provider. Through UNIFIED, leading law firms and corporations manage risk and reduce cost across the litigation, disputes, investigations and the corporate transaction lifecycle.

Pioneering a fresh outcome based approach, the company's depth of understanding and focus on client requirements facilitates the execution of matters in the most efficient, practical and cost proportionate manner.

Support in litigation/investigations spans from advice in identifying harvestable data and forensic collection, through processing electronic and paper sources to conducting the review and production process. Due diligence success is achieved through combining experienced lawyers, effective project management, timely communication and ultimate presentation of diligence reports with lasting value.

With average industry tenure of 12 years, the team brings a rare depth experience to every matter. Blended with onshore delivery by PQE 2-3, multilingual, UK qualified/converted lawyers, innovative predictable pricing models and 30-70% cost savings, UNIFIED guarantee successful outcomes.


Bronze Sponsor

Maxfield Search

Website: www.maxfieldsearch.co.uk

Maxfield Search & Selection has quickly established itself as the leading Executive Search firm within the eDiscovery, Litigation support and Legal Technology market in Europe. Our specialist team based in the heart of London work in partnership with leading consultancies, Law Firms, Vendors and end user clients to define human capital strategy, and by providing a bespoke recruitment solution we have helped to add value and stimulate growth by the placement of upper quartile talent to this sector.

Our approach is discreet, confidential and ethical, working closely with professionals within all areas of eDiscovery, Forensic Technology and Data Mining to help define and attain their career aspirations. With an outstanding reputation for delivering results for both our clients and candidates. Our business has grown predominantly through referral and recommendations from both clients and candidates who have benefitted from our approach and results.

Specialists in: eDiscovery, Litigation Support, Forensic Technology and Data Analytics/Mining. To find out more, visit www.maxfieldsearch.co.uk or email info@maxfieldsearch.co.uk


Panel Sponsor

Digital Archiving at Tessella

Website: www.digital-preservation.com

Tessella are world leaders in the provision of Digital Archiving technologies, working with major governments in 7 countries across 3 continents. Tessella's Digital Archiving offerings cover software, consulting, research and support and place us at the cutting edge of this emerging discipline. Our core technology, SDB, is now in its fourth generation and provides stable professionally supported platform with the flexibility to deliver individual customer needs.

For further information visit our dedicated microsite on www.digital-preservation.com


Tessella

Website: www.tessella.com

Founded in 1980, Tessella is the international provider of science powered technology and consulting services. World leading organizations choose our unique blend of science, engineering and sector expertise to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions to complex real-world commercial and technical challenges. Our people are high achievers from leading universities and are passionate about delivering value to clients. We are proud that our work makes the world a better place to live in: developing smarter drug trials; preserving the digital heritage of nations across the globe; minimizing risk in oil and gas exploration; controlling the orbit and attitude of satellites; researching fusion energy.

For further information visit our dedicated website on www.tessella.com


Planet Data

Website: www.planetds.com

Planet Data - Now celebrating ten years in eDiscovery, Planet Data(tm) is a global leader in Early Case Assessment and Discovery Management Services. Planet Data is SAS 70 Type II and US Safe Harbor certified, operating two Tier 4 processing and hosting centers. Planet Data delivers flexible, high-quality, cost-effective eDiscovery services, high-level consulting, technical support and project management. Planet Data is particularly proud of our proprietary Early Cost Assessment platform, Exego(tm) which has been proven to defensibly and significantly reduce the amount of data for review. Exego is powered by Planet Data's proprietary and patent pending processing platform, The Cerulean Engine (tm). Planet Data believes that the completeness of the processing affects the accuracy of the data - the accuracy of the data affects the quality of the review - and the quality of the review can affect the outcome of the case. Visit us at www.planetds.com


Gala Dinner Sponsor

AccessData Group

AccessData Group has pioneered digital investigations for more than twenty years. Over that time, we have grown to provide a broad spectrum of stand-alone and enterprise-class solutions that enable digital investigations of any kind, including computer forensics, incident response, eDiscovery, legal review, IP theft, compliance auditing and information assurance. More than 100,000 users in law enforcement, government agencies, corporations, consultancies and law firms around the world rely on AccessData software solutions. Government agencies and corporations rely on AccessData’s network forensics, computer forensics and information assurance technologies to perform incident response and cyber security operations. Our FTK, eDiscovery and SilentRunner technologies have become the solutions of choice among many DoD and civilian government agencies in United States and among government agencies around the world. These agencies use these products for the purposes of homeland security, internal investigations, regulatory compliance and field investigations overseas. Relying on industry-leading technology from a single vendor, organizations are able to eliminate the hassle, risk and cost associated with juggling tools and inefficient processes. AccessData Group’s purpose is to make it possible for an organization address all its digital investigations needs with one company.


Cocktail Reception and Closing Keynote Presentation Sponsor

ALVAREZ & MARSAL

Website: www.alvarezandmarsal.com

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), a leading global professional services firm, has set the standard for working with organizations to solve complex problems, boost operating performance and maximize value for stakeholders. Our more than 1,700 professionals in offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, constitute a diverse group of seasoned experts in major markets and financial centres throughout the world who bring deep financial, accounting, economic, regulatory, industry and technical experience. Our team includes forensic accountants; certified public accountants and chartered accountants; former executives; Financial Services Authority; PhD economists; banking and securities professionals.

A&Ms Dispute Analysis & Forensic Services provides a range of investigative and analytical services to international corporates, private equity clients and law firms involved in complex financial disputes, ranging from internal matters to litigation. The firm also conducts sophisticated financial analysis as well as performs corporate and technology investigations with experienced professionals in eDiscovery, Forensics Technology and Data Mining.


Official Research Partner

451 Group

Website: www.451group.com

The 451 Group is an independent technology-industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The company's analysts provide critical and timely insight into the market and competitive dynamics of innovation in emerging technology segments. Clients of the company—at vendor, investor, service-provider and end-user organizations—rely on The 451 Group's insight to support both strategic and tactical decision-making for competitive advantage. For more information please visit www.451group.com


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Project Counsel

Website: www.projectcounsel.com


 

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