Briefing: Informative Graphics

During a recent phone briefing with Gary Heath, CEO of Arizona's Informative Graphics, assistant editor Heather Schultz and I learned about two of its main products — Brava Viewer and Redact-It.

Brava, which is available in a desktop or web-based version, helps users view, annotate, redact, and publish documents saved in any file format. The most recent version is Brava Flash, which offers the same functions as the standard Brava viewer, through a flash interface.

Redact-It helps users remove sensitive or privileged information from documents, images, and e-mails. Users can search for and select text that they want redacted, and can provide a short explanation as to why the information was redacted. Users are prompted multiple times during the redacting process, to help sure they completely remove data.

Because these programs focus on preparing information for presentation, Heath says the company falls on the processing and production phases of the Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Reference Model (www.edrm.net).