LexisNexis E-Discovery in the Cloud

In a move in a strategy to bring all of LexisNexis e-discovery applications online, the company has brought forth a hosted version of its litigation document management software, Concordance Evolution, reports Evan Koblentz. Although, as Koblentz notes, hosted e-discovery software is less than groundbreaking, this is a significant move for Lexis.

Matt Gillis, vice president and managing director of the company's litigation tools and professional services group, says LexisNexis is focusing on more tightly integrating its e-discovery software products within hosted or installed environments. "We see an explosion of big data driving people increasingly to the cloud," he said, noting that the company expects  an increased rate of adoption and appetite for software as a service.

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Wave Upgrades Its File Viewer for LexisNexis Concordance

Wave Software has upgraded its file viewer software, Trident Preview 2.0 for Concordance, Evan Koblentz reports. The latest iteration includes suport for TIFF images, the ability to launch Trident Preview within Concordance, and links to metadata files. For more on Trident and other upcoming upgrades to Wave applications, visit LTN online.

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Product Updates: InterLegis & Nuix

From Evan Koblentz:

• InterLegis Expands E-Discovery Services to Enterprise.

• Nuix Adopts Remote Access in EDD

Keystroke Analysis Could Replace Passwords

The way you type on your computer's keyboard is as unique as your handwriting, and may even be a matter of national security, an Iowa State University engineering professor says.

In the land of digital investigations, investigators and data collectors may find, in the not too distant future, the need for a custodian to stand by to enter their password for system access.

Thanks to a $500,000 research grant from the U.S. Defense Department, they're looking for better ways than hacker-prone passwords to protect its systems, and are betting that ISU Professor Morris Chang is right. Chang, recently quoted in USA Today, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, said we all take unique pauses between keystrokes, especially when typing complicated words.  "When you spell a particular word, you may have a tendency to pause at a certain character," Chang said. "Your pause would be different than mine."

Cloud Cover at LegalTech

Seeking an open, affordable way to collect data from the cloud? LTN Technology Editor Sean Doherty suggests you look to the left of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model — where information management enters the e-discovery picture.

ZyLab, a child of the marriage of e-discovery and storage repostories, offers open, non-proprietary data archiving in Extensible Language Markup format. It now offers the first in a series of "Cloud Collectors" that captures email from Microsoft Exchange Online, as well as messaging applications such as Gmail and Windows Live Hotmail.

Guidance Software also offers collection from cloud-based email systems such as Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail, in version 4.4 of its Encase eDiscovery. The addition of a new connector framework supports direct data collection from more than 30 information repositories and email archives such as IBM.

For more detailed cloud coverage from LegalTech, read Doherty's full report, "E-Discovery Collectors Get Cloud Cover and Other Updates From LTNY."

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Here Comes the EDD Tidal Wave at LTNY

More e-discovery vendors are announcing products and services ready for viewing at LegalTech New York.

• Ipro Tech reports that it is adding predictive coding, concept searching, and other features to its Eclipse discovery system.

• Recommind reports that it is updating its Axcelerate eDiscovery to be manageable through a single interface.

• Australia's Nuix is adding defensible data deletion to its suite of offerings.

Expect on-premise software versus the cloud; cloud data collection; and product compatibility and integration to be among the major e-discovery themes on the floor and at the show, blogs Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Katey Wood.

Read the full report from Evan Koblentz, "Second Wave of E-Discovery Products Targets LegalTech."

New E-Discovery Software Heads to LegalTech

Visitors to LegalTech New York's vendor floor can check out eagerly anticipated e-discovery releases.

AccessData is adding an early case assessment module to its Summation product, while Clearwell promises a more tranparent predictive coding. Other e-discovery players bringing out their wares include BIA, debuting social media collection for its TotalDiscovery.com, and bit-level litigation hold from Index Engines.

Check out the whole story, "E-Discovery Software Leads the Charge to LegalTech New York," from LTN reporter Evan Koblentz.

Product News Brief #12118

This week's Product News Briefs includes two EDD listings:

• Nextpoint has launched customization features for its document coding and review tools.

• Symantec Buys LiveOffice for $115M and is expected to use the softwarea to put EDD applications in the cloud.

Happy New Year!

Shakin' off the holidays, back at work! As we gear up, just a quick reminder that if you are a vendor planning to launch a new product or upgrade at LegalTech New York, be sure to reach out to Evan Koblentz (ekoblentz@alm.com) today — as we are in the final stages of preparing our "sneak preview" for Law Technology News magazine (it will be distributed at LTNY).

And watch this space, I'll soon be announcing the winners of the 2011 LTN Innovation Awards!

Hope you had a refreshing vacation. Happy New Year!

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Products Briefing #122111

Among the new e-discovery products and services that have been launched or upgraded:

• Reveal Data InControl 3.5
• OracTec Echo
• CaseCentral adds online file uploader
• Ipro Tech Allegro 3
• Planet Data Exego 3

Read about them here. 

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Products News Brief #121411

Among the new and upgraded EDD products reported in the latest edition of LTN's weekly  Products New Brief:

• Solix's Enterprise Data Management 5.1.
• 17a-4 debuts DataParser 7.10.

Also:
• Atlanta's Document Technologies is offering kCura Relativity 7.2 to its customers.

Vendors: Early Bird Alert

As the holidays approach, our ALM team is already preparing for LegalTech New York (Jan. 30-Feb. 1, Hilton New York). The countdown is clock ticking away,  the LegalTech mobile app is available on Apple's App Store, and exhibitors are putting the finishing touches on the new products and services they will unveil at the show.

But as we all know, the showfloor competition is fierce for your attention, so Law Technology News wants to help you navigate the three floors of exhibits. So we'll will offer sneak previews of the most interesting, innovative, and important product launches and upgrades, on our website and our blogs (here on EDD Update, on LTN Products, and The Common Scold). And we'll have a preview article in the February edition of our print magazine, which will be available at the show to serve as your compass!

So vendors, don't dally! If you will introduce a new service, product, or upgrade at the show be sure to contact our reporter, Evan Koblentz, no later than Tuesday, Jan. 3 to make the print deadline. Send press releases to lawtech@alm.com, or contact Evan at 212-457-9601 — and be sure to include your booth number.

P.S. While most of you want to get the word out early about your launches and upgrades, we know from past experience that some of you will be tweaking products right down to the wire and may want to defer even the hint of an unveiling until Day One of the show. If you fall into that category, we'll be happy to negotiate an embargo. That way you won't miss the opportunity to get into the print edition. But remember, our space is very limited, and not every product will be mentioned — so early birds may well get the proverbial worms.

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Products Briefing

Among recent product launches and upgrades:

• Autonomy & HP introduce three new "HP Autonomy Appliances."

• Kroll Ontrack's PowerControls 6.1 now supports Microsoft's Exchange and SharePoint servers and numerous third-party data backup technology.

• Conquest eDiscovery has adopted iConect nXT 850 to provide hosted litigation review and processing capabilities.

• E-Stet has launched an agnostic cloud-based managed litigation services system (firms choose the hardware and software).

• Israel's Nogacom has debuted NogaLogic 3.8 data classification software.

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Products Briefing

Among recent product launches and upgrades:

• Nexidia has released GRID architecture for medial search applications. It helps developers integrate Nexidia phoentic indexing and search technology with its media asset management and EDD software. (Matt McFadden)

• LiveOffice File Archive software for online file-sharing programs helps users capture, store, and index files uploaded to programs such as Box and Dropbox, for use in EDD, compliance, and retention matters. (MM)

• A U.S. government database of popular storage files is being modernized to keep up with advancements in digital forensics and EDD collection processes. (Evan Koblentz) 

• Nuix 3.6 is the latest upgrade of the namesake company's information governance software. (MM)