Posted on May 13, 2010 by David Kaufer

TERIS Enhances Service Offerings With Latest Release of the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform

Seattle, WA – May 13, 2010 – TERIS today announced that it has added the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform Version 5.5 to its product offerings. The latest product release from Clearwell Systems, Inc., a leader in intelligent e-discovery, provides the ability to process data at the speed of 1 terabyte (TB) per day and scales to 100 million documents on a single appliance. Additional appliances can be easily linked together into a ‘Clearwell Cluster’ and centrally managed via a single, unified interface. As a result, Clearwell delivers unmatched scalability while being simple and easy to administer.

“As a long-time Clearwell partner, we are excited to be one of the first service providers to offer this significant upgrade to our clients,” said Mark Prewitt, TERIS Director of IT and Clearwell Product Manager. “Clearwell’s version 5.5 release provides greatly enhanced early case assessment workflow, a huge jump in performance and scalability, and several new features that offer our clients more value for their processing dollar.”

Unlike other solutions that require the deployment of multiple hardware and software components, the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform is available as an integrated appliance that can be up and running in about 25 minutes. With the new release of Clearwell, TERIS customers can leverage the firm’s end-to-end e-discovery solutions, from early case assessment, analysis, processing, review, and production, on their largest cases spanning many terabytes of data. The Clearwell E-Discovery Platform version 5.5 provides enterprise-class performance and scalability at a significantly lower total cost for clients.

“Clearwell already processed data with incredible simplicity and efficiency, allowing our clients to benefit when we use it for early case analysis, search, cull-down, and review,” Prewitt continued. “In version 5.5, the new system is optimized to improve speed of search and cull-down and provide support for cases of up to 100 million documents. Along with the host of feature enhancements, these updates help streamline workflows so clients can be more productive and efficient with their time. Clearwell continues to listen to their customers and has improved what we have been asking for.”

When compared to enterprise search products, the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform version 5.5 delivers unmatched performance and scalability while continuing to provide best-in-class processing capabilities that enterprises, government agencies, and law firms demand from an e-discovery solution. These include: pre-processing analytics, full indexing of text and metadata including data in containers such as .zip files, comprehensive Unicode support with language identification, global de-duplication, post-indexing analytics; such as discussion threads and people analytics, and immediate availability of data for analysis, review and production.

ABOUT TERIS

Founded in 1996, TERIS provides legal support and sophisticated eDiscovery solutions to corporate legal teams and law firms across the U.S. and internationally. TERIS’ staff of over 300 was named one of the top 20 eDiscovery service providers by industry researcher Socha-Gelbmann in 2008. The company operates a free job board for the legal profession at www.discoverlegaljobs.com and has offices in Seattle, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Diego, Phoenix, Austin, Dallas and Chicago. To learn more about TERIS, visit www.TERIS.com or follow the company on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/DiscoverTERIS.

 

About Clearwell Systems
Clearwell Systems is transforming the way enterprises and law firms perform electronic discovery (e-discovery) in response to litigation, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations. The Clearwell E-Discovery Platform automates the processing, analysis, review, and production phases of e-discovery via a single, integrated product. Leading organizations such as Clear Channel, Constellation Energy, Cisco, DLA Piper, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Toyota, and the Department of Health and Human Services / Office of Inspector General are using Clearwell to accelerate early case assessments, intelligently cull-down data, increase reviewer productivity, and ensure the defensibility of their e-discovery process. Consistently ranked as a leader in independent e-discovery industry surveys and reports, Clearwell Systems is an active participant in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project and The Sedona Conference. For more information, visit www.clearwellsystems.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/clearwell, or subscribe to the E-Discovery 2.0 blog at http://www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog/.


Media Contact: David Kaufer, 425-275-8814 (mobile); 206-521-8717 (office) or DKaufer (at) TERIS.com
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Posted on January 13, 2010 by David Kaufer

Microsoft Corporation Deploys Clearwell to Assist With E-Discovery

Big news in the eDiscovery world (and Puget Sound area) with word that Microsoft selected Clearwell - which happens to be one of our featured solutions.

TERIS can work with corporations to either purchase the appliance and service (if they want to bring it in-house) or offer the service on an as-needed project bases.

The reality is there are not many corporations that can justify the cost of bringing the tool in-house anyway, because only a small percentage of companies deal with the same volume of litigation as Microsoft.

Regardless whether companies elect to purchase it or use it on a project basis, Clearwell is becoming even more pervasive and popular in the corporate world.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - January 12, 2010) - Clearwell Systems, Inc., a leader in intelligent e-discovery, today announced Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), a Fortune 500 company, has deployed the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform as a component of its in-house e-discovery strategy. Microsoft's legal and IT teams use Clearwell to increase the efficiency of the e-discovery process for litigation, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations.

"E-discovery costs are a significant portion of litigation costs," said Rich Wallis, deputy general counsel of litigation at Microsoft. "With the implementation of Clearwell's pre-processing, processing and analysis solution, we are further streamlining our e-discovery processes, starting with early case assessment, intelligent and appropriate minimization and search."

The Clearwell E-Discovery Platform is fully operational in less than 25 minutes and provides users with immediate visibility into case facts, significantly accelerating early case assessment. Clearwell's Transparent Search, metadata filters, and people analytics enable users to quickly and defensibly eliminate irrelevant documents and false positives, lowering processing costs and reducing review workload. The product's discussion threading and relevance ranking capabilities display documents in context, further increasing review throughput. Responsive documents can be produced or seamlessly uploaded into litigation support databases via EDRM-compliant XML and other major load file formats. In addition, the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform automatically tracks all actions on case documents throughout the e-discovery workflow, ensuring a defensible e-discovery process.

"The e-discovery expense will continue to increase as the amount of electronically stored information grows," said Kamal Shah, vice president of product management and marketing at Clearwell Systems. "To cope with this, many companies like Microsoft are choosing Clearwell to perform early case assessments in-house and gain control over e-discovery costs."

About Clearwell Systems

Clearwell Systems is transforming the way enterprises and law firms perform electronic discovery (e-discovery) in response to litigation, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations. The Clearwell E-Discovery Platform automates the processing, analysis, review, and production phases of e-discovery via a single, integrated product. Leading organizations such as Constellation Energy, Cisco, DLA Piper, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, and the Department of Homeland Security / Office of Inspector General are using Clearwell to accelerate early case assessments, intelligently cull-down data, increase reviewer productivity, and ensure the defensibility of their e-discovery process. Consistently ranked as a leader in independent industry surveys and reports, Clearwell Systems is an active participant in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project and The Sedona Conference. For more information, visit www.clearwellsystems.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/clearwell, or subscribe to the E-Discovery 2.0 blog at http://www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog/.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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Posted on December 8, 2009 by David Kaufer

Clearwell Systems Forecasts Top 10 Predictions for Electronic Discovery in 2010

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2009) - Clearwell Systems Inc., a leader in intelligent e-discovery, today announced its top 10 predictions for e-discovery in 2010. Based on insights gathered from industry experts, enterprises and law firms, Clearwell expects one of the most significant priorities in the year ahead to be a greater focus on controlling e-discovery costs, and gaining better control over the entire, complex process. As a result, legal and IT departments are becoming more strategic about managing their electronic data while they proactively bring e-discovery in-house.

Clearwell's Top 10 Electronic Discovery Predictions for 2010 include:

1. Early case assessment (ECA) moves from a "nice to have" to a "must have" requirement for any matter involving electronically stored information (ESI). In 2009, ECA moved into the mainstream as a methodology to quickly understand case facts, assess risk and lower both data processing and attorney review costs. However in 2010, with the advancement of products and the increased socialization within the bar and the litigation support community, ECA will graduate into a core methodology for savvy litigators regardless of matter type or size.

2. Appetites for broad information lifecycle management initiatives will diminish as organizations will realize these programs are far too complex to solve specific pain points, and they often take too much time (measured in years) to execute. The economic reality is that these holistic, cross-systems, cross-department initiatives often fail to demonstrate the return on investment necessary in today's challenging economy.

3. Staffing roles will continue to evolve with a newfound focus on project management. The role of an in-house e-discovery coordinator will emerge as more of a project manager across the entire e-discovery process and has expertise in both, legal and IT. This shift will become increasingly necessary as e-discovery evolves into a standard business process that is repeatable, measurable, and defensible.

4. Data analytics and statistical methodologies will gain traction to augment the type of subjective decision making approaches that have historically formed the backbone of the e-discovery search and review processes. These objective methodologies have long been called on as best practices by the likes of the Sedona Working Group. In 2010, they will start to move from theoretical to practical task as e-discovery tools increasingly move in-house.

5. Integrated e-discovery platforms will finally become a reality as customers graduate from painfully stitching point solutions together, thus requiring less physical document exporting and importing between applications, cutting costs and increasing defensibility.

6. Associate-based linear document review processes will gradually go extinct, as both clients and law firms grow tired of expensive, brute force review processes. Data minimization using ECA products will reduce the number of documents reviewed. More review work will either be in-sourced or managed with specialized contract attorneys, who are often less expensive and better trained for this type of work.

7. FRE 502 and "clawback" agreements will be increasingly used to reduce the need for any manual, eyes-on review, although many litigators will resist this trend because of the fears of "un-ringing the bell" when privileged information is disclosed in any context. Nevertheless, as ESI volumes increasingly become unmanageable, even reluctant attorneys will become increasingly comfortable with a less manual review process for ESI.

8. Alternatives to the much-lauded EDRM model will gain traction, as practitioners strive to find an even better, and perhaps more practical, project management framework, in many cases still acknowledging the role that the EDRM has taken in forming the lingua franca of the e-discovery industry.

9. The push for cooperation in the e-discovery process will make incremental progress. Increasingly, this type of cooperation, as strongly advocated by the Sedona Working Group, will be forced by judges and local rules. Sedona has been successful in getting the bench on board this initiative and there are now more than 100 judges who have signed up to show their support.

10. "Cloud" computing will begin to impact how e-discovery data preservation/collection is done, both in terms of social media and traditional applications. Companies will increasingly block social media applications due to fears surrounding the inability to preserve and collect this content. Companies will also demand that e-discovery products support preservation/collection from applications sitting in the cloud without significant degradation in performance and response times.

"In 2010 the bottom line will still be what matters first and foremost. By bringing e-discovery in-house, enterprises can have increased visibility into the costs involved, better control over the process of reviewing and processing electronic evidence, and a more strategic approach to their cases," said Dean Gonsowski, vice president of e-discovery services at Clearwell Systems. "Given the steady pace of litigation and regulatory requests, we expect e-discovery next year to be regarded even more so as a core business process within the enterprise -- like sales, finance and manufacturing -- versus the reactive fire-drill it has been in the past."

About Clearwell Systems

Clearwell Systems is transforming the way enterprises and law firms perform electronic discovery (e-discovery) in response to litigation, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations. The Clearwell E-Discovery Platform automates the processing, analysis, review, and production phases of e-discovery via a single, integrated product. Leading organizations such as Constellation Energy, Cisco, DLA Piper, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, and the Department of Homeland Security / Office of Inspector General are using Clearwell to accelerate early case assessments, intelligently cull-down data, increase reviewer productivity, and ensure the defensibility of their e-discovery process. Consistently ranked as a leader in independent industry surveys and reports, Clearwell Systems is an active participant in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project and The Sedona Conference. For more information, visit www.clearwellsystems.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/clearwell, or subscribe to the E-Discovery 2.0 blog at http://www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog/.

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Posted on December 2, 2009 by David Kaufer

TERIS becomes one of the first litigation support service providers to offer Clearwell E-Discovery Platform version 5.0 to its clients

Seattle, WA – December 2, 2009 – TERIS announced today the addition of Clearwell E-Discovery Platform Version 5.0 to the firm’s product offering. The latest version features new pre-processing, review and production modules that help lawyers pre-process, analyze, search, review, redact, and produce documents within a single product, eliminating the need to use multiple tools and enabling an iterative and defensible e-discovery process.

Clearwell Pre-Processing Module provides interactive graphs that enable e-discovery teams to quickly filter out data by known files (both NSRL NIST list as well as custom lists), custodian, date, file type, and size, significantly reducing downstream processing and review costs. Clearwell Review Module enables reviewers to quickly redact documents, apply reason codes, and verify redactions prior to production. Decision-tree tagging using a multi-layer tree structure prevents errors and minimizes the number of clicks needed to accurately tag a document. Clearwell Production Module offers a range of production options, including bates stamping, watermarking, custom header/footer, and various export options. In addition to these three new modules, the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform V5.0 delivers over 20 new features and enhancements in its industry-leading processing and early case analysis module.

TERIS CTO Peter Sternkopf“This latest version of Clearwell is a dramatic step forward in capabilities,” said Peter Sternkopf, TERIS Chief Technology Officer. “The new platform addresses the glaring need for an eDiscovery product that reduces the number of tools required in a case and also helps reduce the repetitive movement of data.”

“We have been a longtime partner with Clearwell and appreciate the opportunity to work with the development team to contribute feedback and ideas for the new 5.0 platform,” Sternkopf continued. “Our eDiscovery team can now perform all of the post-collection phases of eDiscovery in a single, integrated application, instead of using three or four separate tools.”


ABOUT TERIS
Founded in 1996, TERIS provides legal support and sophisticated eDiscovery solutions to corporate legal teams and law firms across the U.S. and internationally. TERIS’ staff of over 300 was named one of the top 20 eDiscovery service providers by industry researcher Socha-Gelbmann in 2008. The company operates a free job board for the legal profession at www.discoverlegaljobs.com and has offices in Seattle, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Diego, Phoenix,, Austin, Dallas and Chicago. To learn more about TERIS, visit www.TERIS.com or follow the company on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/DiscoverTERIS.

Media Contact: David Kaufer, Vice President of Marketing and Communications, 425-275-8814 (mobile); 206-521-8717 (office) or DKaufer (at) TERIS.com
 

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Posted on November 9, 2009 by David Kaufer

TERIS Partner Clearwell Systems Receives Patent for Discussion Threading and Relevance Ranking

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-- November 9, 2009 - Clearwell Systems, Inc., a leader in intelligent e-Discovery, today announced it was awarded US Patent No. 7,593,995, "Methods and systems of electronic message threading and ranking." This patent reinforces differentiation for the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform, the market's leading product for early case assessment. Clearwell and the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform have received recognition from LTN's Technology Awards, Red Herring 100, Network World Enterprise All Stars, eWEEK Excellence Awards, SC Magazine, Info Security Products Guide, among others.

"The e-Discovery space is rapidly evolving, with a significant percentage of enterprises looking at technology solutions to bring e-Discovery in-house for cost control and reduced risk," said Vivian Tero, program manager, GRC infrastructure at IDC. "Defensible search and early case assessment are emerging as hot button areas that enterprises should consider when evaluating products. A lot of confusion exists in the market, making it important to examine proof of concepts and conduct a detailed evaluation before selecting an e-Discovery product. Clearwell is one of the vendors that provides customers an opportunity to test its capabilities in advance of purchasing the product."

The Clearwell E-Discovery Platform is fully operational in less than 25 minutes and provides users with immediate visibility into case facts, significantly accelerating early case assessment. Clearwell's Transparent Search, metadata filters, and people analytics enable users to quickly and defensibly eliminate irrelevant documents and false positives, lowering processing costs and reducing review workload. The product's discussion threading, relevance ranking, and concept clustering capabilities display documents in context, further increasing review throughput. Clearwell's review capabilities enable reviewers to perform one-click tagging, redact documents, apply reason codes, and verify redactions prior to production. Responsive documents can be produced or seamlessly uploaded into litigation support databases via EDRM-compliant XML and other major load file formats. In addition, the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform automatically tracks all actions on case documents throughout the e-Discovery workflow, ensuring a defensible e-Discovery process.

"We are committed to pioneering new technologies and methodologies to address major challenges in e-Discovery," said Venkat Rangan, co-founder and CTO of Clearwell Systems. "This patent validates Clearwell's ability to deliver innovative products that enable customers to efficiently and effectively process, search, analyze, review and produce responsive electronic records for litigation, government inquiries and internal investigations."

About Clearwell Systems

Clearwell Systems is transforming the way enterprises and law firms perform electronic discovery (e-Discovery) in response to litigation, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations. The Clearwell E-Discovery Platform automates the processing, analysis, review, and production phases of e-Discovery via a single, integrated product. Leading organizations such as Constellation Energy, Cisco, DLA Piper, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, and the Department of Homeland Security / Office of Inspector General are using Clearwell to accelerate early case assessments, intelligently cull-down data, increase reviewer productivity, and ensure the defensibility of their e-Discovery process. Consistently ranked as a leader in independent industry surveys and reports, Clearwell Systems is an active participant in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project and The Sedona Conference. For more information, visit www.clearwellsystems.com, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/clearwell, or subscribe to the E-Discovery 2.0 blog at http://www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog/.

TERIS is a proud Clearwell partner
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