How to Easily Find the Perfect eDiscovery Vendor
for Your Company

There are many options to consider when selecting an eDiscovery software vendor. Some criteria include:

• The extent vendor’s products are aligned with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)
• Whether you require a system behind your firewall
• Volume of data and projected quantity of cases
• Speed, performance, and accuracy of the solution
• Availability of litigation support services
• Transparency and defensibility of the inherent processes
• How the eDiscovery solution integrates with legacy systems, enterprise information management strategies, and records management protocols.

Reduces Risk and Cut Costs

Corporations continue to prove bringing at least a portion of the eDiscovery process in-house reduces costs and risks. Businesses purchasing eDiscovery software reduce litigation costs by improving control over structured and unstructured content, including email, cloud, and social media content.By bringing eDiscovery in-house, clients consistently report they minimized costs and risks by taking control of litigation hold, litigation-hold-tracking, data collection, data processing and even first pass review. The right eDiscovery software product should work seamlessly with internal resources, outside counsel, and if desired, outsourced service providers. Some eDiscovery vendors can provide both eDiscovery software and services.

Unbiased eDiscovery Vendor Analyses

Many ZyLAB clients find objective analysis from Gartner, Inc. to be integral when selecting an eDiscovery vendor. Gartner analyst reports help you build a business case, create a list of possible eDiscovery vendors and determine which ones best meet your needs.There are many vendors to choose from with eDiscovery being the maturing market it is. With entrants from multiple categories, such as search and information access, content and records management, and forensic data collection there are many considerations.

Gartner reports include many tools to help you through the process, such as:

• Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) comparisons to describe both the process of eDiscovery and how the vendors align their products with the model
• In-depth Vendor Product/Service Analysis of the eDiscovery vendors that meet Gartner’s minimum thresholds for being evaluated
• Summaries of vendor credentials and backgrounds that should be considered by buyers.

Be Educated about the Changing Landscape of eDiscovery Vendors

Two recent Gartner reports which could be helpful to you include the “MarketScope for eDiscovery Software Vendors” in which ZyLAB achieved the highest rating (“Strong Positive”) and the “Magic Quadrant for eDiscovery Software” in which ZyLAB earned the distinction of “Visionary”. The Gartner eDiscovery market reports keep you abreast of the rapidly-changing ediscovery landscape.The reports feature in-depth assessments to keep you informed including:

• Strategic planning assumptions about vendors in the eDiscovery market
• Market growth history and trajectory
• Changes in the vendor landscape: A predicted level of activity in the market, based on the fact that it is fast growing, and contains large, established players and smaller, technology-rich startups. Results of mergers and acquisitions and vendors exiting the market.
• Ratings for overall market/market segment including in-depth evaluation criteria for specific vendors.

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