FTI Technology Adds Concordance(TM) Load File Import to Provide Clients Easy 'On Ramp' to Attenex Patterns
25 8월 2009 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
New Features in Latest Version Further Increase Productivity and
Reduce Complexity in the E-Discovery Process WASHINGTON, Aug. 25
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN), the
global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations
protect and enhance their enterprise value, today announced the
launch of Attenex Patterns 5.3, the latest version of the company's
award-winning e-discovery software. Attenex Patterns 5.3 includes a
number of new features and performance enhancements, including the
ability to import a Concordance load file when clients want to
migrate data from a linear review or e-discovery tool to Attenex
Patterns. "I think the new Concordance load feature in Attenex
Patterns is a game changer," said Tom Hall, managing attorney of
discovery and litigation technology at Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton LLP. "The ability to migrate case data from Concordance to
Attenex Patterns enables us to cost-effectively scale when a small
case turns into a larger and more complex document review project.
Plus it makes it feasible to take an incoming production from
another party in the litigation and use the visual analytics in
Attenex Patterns to quickly identify key documents, communication
patterns and important timelines." E-discovery is a complex and
fragmented industry with hundreds of niche software and service
providers that offer tools and services for various phases of the
nine-step process outlined by the Electronic Discovery Reference
Model (EDRM). To manage the entire e-discovery process from the
server to the courtroom, legal and IT teams often have to import
and export data from multiple tools, frequently resulting in delays
and additional costs. To address this, FTI Technology has taken a
leadership position in developing the EDRM XML standard, designed
to help automate the transfer of data from one application to
another. In addition, many tools are able to export data in
Concordance format. Consequently, the new Concordance load feature
provides an easy and automated "on ramp" for such data to be
imported into Attenex Patterns, one of the most widely-used and
scalable e-discovery review tools. Highly customizable fields
ensure that metadata and any existing work product, such as marks
and tags, are preserved and brought into Attenex Patterns for
processing, review and analysis. "As the amount of data involved in
legal matters continues to increase, corporations and their law
firms need fast and reliable ways to move data from existing
platforms to higher performing e-discovery software such as Attenex
Patterns," said Mike Kinnaman, senior managing director of FTI
Technology, a business unit of FTI Consulting. "While these tools
are often sufficient for smaller matters, they often do not perform
well with the review of large data volumes. Our clients have found
that they can dramatically lower the total time and cost of
discovery - including legal review - by using Attenex Patterns
rather than a more traditional 'linear' review tool." In addition
to the new Concordance load file features, the latest version of
Attenex Patterns includes several enhancements that further help
corporations and law firms lower costs and better manage the
increasing complexity of e-discovery projects: -- Enhancements to
the exception management interface further optimize the routine
handling of problematic files such as corrupt or password-protected
files. The inclusion of additional metadata and a redesigned user
interface enable faster resolution of exceptions without disruption
to the overall data processing and review workflow. -- Integrated
embedded object handling speeds the detection and review of
embedded objects frequently found in email and office documents. --
Enhanced indexing can further speed processing time and also
expands the number of data types that can be indexed by Attenex
Patterns. Attenex Patterns is part of FTI Technology's complete
portfolio of e-discovery software products. Attenex Patterns,
Ringtail Legal and Ringtail QuickCull provide corporations, law
firms and legal service providers with flexible on-premise and
on-demand deployment options for pre-processing through production
- all from a single provider. Attenex Patterns 5.3 will be
available for general release in Q4 from FTI Technology. For more
information, please visit http://www.ftitechnology.com/. About FTI
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