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It’s no secret that automating the transfer of data into e-Discovery is a huge advantage for companies, especially as the amount of information stored grows. But because much information remains unstructured or in the cloud, bringing it into the automation process is not always easy.  Today, CaseCentral announces availability of the self-service CaseCentral CloudConnect software for the CaseCentral e-Discovery Platform.

In my last post, Social Business: Compliant Communities as a Strategic Differentiator, I talked about how the relationship of compliance to communities (and all social business activities as well) is undergoing an important shift. From being a roadblock initially, to becoming a challenge that simply made going social more difficult for organizations, compliance today presents a distinctive opportunity for organizations to differentiate themselves from the competition.

Last week, Index Engines provided its take on how to best prepare and manage corporate data. The discussion didn’t end there, however. Today, Symantec released its 2011 Information Retention and e-Discovery Survey, which examined the retention policies of the enterprise. The survey reveals that  email is no longer the most commonly requested records companies must produce -- further complicating the way information and the kinds of information are managed. 

We thought this was the perfect opportunity to have Symantec weigh in. We asked Greg Muscarella, senior director of product management for Symantec’s Information Management Group, the same three questions about how to effectively manage your corporate data. 

A new report from Symantec shows that retention policies are still not fully developed within companies, leaving many unprepared to handle increased requests for information.

Recently we told you how corporations were facing more sanctions for electronic-discovery violations. As a result, companies are urged to step up their oversight of the e-Discovery process to improve the quality of the data searched, as well as provide more direct access to the data.

Are lawyers getting sanctioned for electronic-discovery violations more than before? So it seems, according to a study done by King & Spalding and reported in the Duke Law Journal. Such results are puzzling, considering that e-Discovery was supposed to simplify litigation.

According to a new survey, more companies than ever have a strategy to address electronically stored information (ESI) discovery, but may not know what it covers or when it was last updated to reflect new technologies. Whatever steps companies have taken to protect and find information are quickly undone by their inability to revisit their policies after they are developed.

Only just into the New Year and already the scramble for the biggest piece of the eDiscovery pie continues, this time with the opening of a European office by eDiscovery management specialists Planet Data.

Does your eDiscovery need some advice? Then Guidance Software is here to help. The digital investigation software company has partnered with KPMG (news, site), the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.

Sometimes companies need a little insight when handling legal holds. Thank goodness that Recommind (news, site) has your back. They have announced the availability of Insite Legal Hold version 2.0.

First there was Star Trek, now there is Autonomy (news, site). The next-generation collection solution for eDiscovery and compliance has arrived, thanks to Autonomy.

Now ESI can be automatically searched, identified, preserved and collected in the cloud from laptops, desktops and more than 400 enterprise repositories, including file and email servers, archives and Microsoft SharePoint.

As the season approaches turkey and mistletoe, predictions for the new year are inevitable. Last year we outlined ten trends for eDiscovery in 2009 as described by Clearwell Systems. Their outlook mostly proved true as corporations did indeed take matters into the own hands and implement in-house ediscovery platforms, and the global economic downturn drove global eDiscovery initiatives.

And though we might not have seen as many companies figure out how to manage the new media of business communication, it has definitely been on their minds.

So this year, we turn once again to Clearwell to outline the eDiscovery trends of 2010. The fact that there are only five may indicate the growth and awareness of eDiscovery in the enterprise. As well, they touch on the functionality and technology of eDiscovery more than anything.

So without further adieu, CMSWire presents Clearwell's Top Five eDiscovery Trends of 2010.

Ever dream of moving electronically stored information from one system to another seamlessly and while saving money? Today is your lucky day. CaseCentral and StoredIQ have formed an alliance in an effort to do just that.

Together, they will provide an integrated eDiscovery offering that ranges from identification, preservation, collection and processing of electronically stored information (ESI) through analysis, review, production and post-production re-use.

eMag Solutions (news, site), provider of enterprise content management (ECM) and electronic discovery solutions will introduce the launch of PreVu 3.0 this week at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference in Washington, D.C.

PreVu 3.0, a hosted raw data culling application, allows corporations and law firms to sort, search and filter electronically stored information (ESI).

eDiscovery solution services all aim to save customers and companies time and money. Due to the non-linear structure of eDiscovery, there are so many ways to go about making the process, whether it be pre-processing, data collection, filtering, review or post-processing phases, more pleasant for the user.

IBM (news, site) is focused on the analytics part of eDiscovery. Today they announced new IBM eDiscovery software with advanced analytics features. The goal is to help clients not just find information, but have them understand it better.