Industry Solutions - Legal

Electronic discovery (eDiscovery) has become the primary focus of litigation and government and regulatory investigations. It can have a significant bearing on legal strategy and even trial outcomes themselves, not to mention resource and cost burdens associated with the process. It is also a significant IT cost in managing a storage infrastructure that can provide authorized access to data on demand, anytime, from anywhere.

In the eDiscovery process all data is under scrutiny, no matter where or how it is stored. Not knowing what is “out there” or how to access it does not absolve a company from the mandate to produce data.

When that data is in archival form on dated or obsolete media it can be a challenge simply to read it, much less understand what it is. Moreover, a key issue is understanding the data at a level of granularity to be able to restore only that data which is required instead of all of it, which could then open up other legal queries.

Indexing, searching and extracting data

PeakData is up to that challenge. We have a long history of helping companies identify, manage, migrate and consolidate data. We are storage experts, including significant expertise in enabling efficient access to data stored on tape dating to the earliest reel-to-reel formats. We have helped companies to not only extract raw data from their tape archives, but to effectively index and categorize that data for eDiscovery or other purposes. Our services enable efficient access to data. One of our main strengths is in indexing, searching and extracting data from backup media -- tapes, libraries and virtual tape systems. Customers are asking for access to this data to address eDiscovery needs, reduce liabilities and to remediate backup tapes.

In the end, an effective eDiscovery process can mean the difference between success or failure in litigation. PeakData can increase your odds of success.