DTI Overview Presentation 2010
- 1. Facilitating the Document Review & Production Process: End-to-End Litigation Support Solutions
- 2. Introduction Document Technologies Inc. is the nation's largest independent provider of litigation support and facilities management services to law firms and corporate legal departments. We assist our clients throughout the lifecycle of a matter, from data preservation and acquisition through early case assessment, processing, review, and production. In addition, through our LitWorks subsidiary, we are pleased to provide the only process-oriented litigation support training curriculum currently available within the marketplace. Our platform-agnostic approach and our ability to leverage multiple technologies and processes enable us to work consultatively with our clients in fulfilling their discovery obligations in a defensible, practical, and cost effective manner.
- 3. Founded in 1998 by an experienced team of litigation support and facilities management experts. We are currently the nation’s largest independent provider of end-to-end litigation support and document management solutions. We are a financially stable, privately-held organization, with 2008 revenues in excess of $110 Million and year-over-year growth of more than 20%. We are narrowly focused on meeting the needs of law firms and their corporate clients – our expertise is “10 feet wide but 1000 feet deep.” We have an extensive national presence, with more than 1,500 sales and service personnel in more than 20 markets across the country. Document Technologies Overview
- 5. Core Competencies Our focus is on facilitating the document review and production process – regardless of the size of the matter, and without regard to whether the data to be reviewed exists in paper or in electronic format. As an end-to-end provider of litigation support solutions, we are able to assist throughout the litigation process – from preservation and retention consulting, through data acquisition, culling, analysis, processing, hosting and production. Our project management staff will ensure that these processes are administered seamlessly. As a platform-agnostic company, our focus is on delivering outstanding service and implementing customized solutions based on your needs. We can recommend a wide-range of best-of-breed tools to meet your unique requirements.
- 6. Distinguished Roster of National Account Clients
- 7. Regional Technology Center – Washington, DC Robust regional ESI processing capabilities allow us to process as much as 100GB of data or 500,000 pages of TIFF conversion per day. Local project management staff 82-seat turn-key document review facility, including computers with dual-monitor configurations, to support contract review teams. On-site computer forensics laboratory and dedicated LitWorks training facility allow us to offer an unmatched array of services – right here in Washington.
- 8. Regional Technology Center Paper Discovery Offsite Production Capabilities: Document Scanning, Unitization & Coding Blowback Printing General Reprographics Color & Large Format Services All on a 24/7/365 basis, with free pick-up and delivery, and page-for-page quality control, located at our secure access-controlled facility at the Ronald Reagan Building.
- 9. National Technology Center – Atlanta, GA Industry-leading ESI processing capabilities allow us to process 500GB of data and generate 2,000,000 TIFF images per day. National project management staff More than 250 Terabytes (TB) of high-performance BlueArc storage allows us to easily accommodate even the largest projects, utilizing our unique track-based architecture. ISO 27001 and 27002 certifications attest to the systems and procedures in place to protect and secure client data, and incorporate 5 layers of physical security, and fully redundant infrastructure. DTI is also Safe Harbor Certified.
- 10. DTI’s Five Step ESI Acquisition Methodology 2. Assess IT Landscape Conduct IT Survey 3. Ensure Preservation of ESI 4. Create Project Plan 1. Consult with Counsel 5. Execute Resources Methods Technology
- 11. DTI’s Internal Forensics Capabilities Consulting Forensic Imaging Encase | FTK | Raw Image Preservation, Storage and Collection Investigations and Examinations Search and Reporting Expert Witness and Affidavits Chain of Custody Creation Forensic Investigation of: Media | Deleted files | Lost files | Emails | Electronic files | Internet History | Internet Files
- 12. IPRO eCapture has a typical client/server architecture, in which the controller distributes the work to the cluster of fully automated workstations. With no user interaction, workstations automatically pick up work from the centralized console as needed, making eCapture a highly scalable solution in which you just add more workstations and point them to the controller to increase daily throughput. IPRO eCapture can support enough workstations to convert 75 to 100 GB/day of electronic files to images. Intuitive The eCapture user interface is intuitive and easy to use. The centralized console gives you all the options to complete a project in one place, so the system is easy to maintain even with minimal staff. The QC application also has a very intuitive interface and gives you the power to do what’s needed to complete the jobs. Powerful The superior architecture and design of IPRO eCapture give it unparalleled power. With all the tools readily at hand on the easy-to-use centralized console, the user drives the powerful e discovery engine. One user can oversee all production work with just one computer workstation. Primary Feature Set Extract metadata and text / Convert electronic files to TIFF, JPG, or PDF / Cull document population using keyword searching / Date filtering - File extension filtering / File type filtering / NIST filtering / Custom md5 hash list / De-Duplication / Export native files, images, and text for load into any major litigation support software package / Create reports from a centralized reporting console / Direct integration with IPRO eReview native file review tool DTI’s ESI Processing Methodology
- 13. DTI’s ESI Processing Methodology Cont’ DTI partners with Nuix, a leading provider of corporate investigation and advanced electronic discovery software, to implement the platform as part of the company’s end-to-end suite of discovery services. Nuix Enterprise Discovery operates at speeds averaging 20 times faster and requiring less hardware than competitive products, reducing energy consumption and labor hours to dramatically drive down discovery costs. The Nuix Enterprise Discovery platform can index an entire corporate e-mail and document archive, making it available for instant search and discovery. Nuix’s platform can also index an unlimited amount of off-line data and forensic images. The system will scale to unlimited numbers of concurrent reviewers, allowing DTI clients to quickly and comprehensively review documents as early in the process as possible, further speeding the litigation process and reducing costs.
- 14. DTI’s Document Review Solutions Best-of-breed tools ensure the right solution is employed for each unique project DTI provides corporations and law firms a comprehensive suite of best-of-breed hosted data review, production and repository solutions. These scalable and easy-to-use applications provide for the review of meta-data, full text, TIFF images and native files. DTI’s team of discovery experts is skilled in working with industry-leading review applications and consults with clients in designing review workflow to accommodate the specific needs of each case.
- 15. DTI’s Document Review Solutions Continued Comprehensive review and repository functionality in a single platform Powerful reporting and tracking capabilities Intuitive and easy-to-use interface allows teams to begin working with little training Advanced configuration capabilities accommodate automation of multi-pass review workflows Flexible architecture allows for creation of customized security schemes for multi-party matters Early case assessment – quickly cull through data for relevancy to significantly accelerate the discovery process Interactive filtering of data reduces data volumes by as much as 80% Transparent search functionality allows for interactive and defensible development of key word search protocol Addresses the largest manageable cost of e-discovery – the review process
- 16. DTI’s Document Review Solutions Continued “ All in One” solution that accommodates both review and repository functionality throughout the lifecycle of the matter Accommodates customized review workflows Allows for review of native electronic files and images Ideal for use as a long term repository for trial and deposition preparation, and for providing experts access to data Quickly identify, review and categorize relevant information Visual interface increases productivity Clustering of similar documents dramatically improves review speed Advanced suppression and reintegration of both exact and near-duplicate e-mail threads for review and production
- 17. Thank You! Thank You for your time. Please feel free to contact me at: Darrin Campbell Managing Partner – Washington, DC Document Technologies, Inc. World Class Technology. Local Commitment. 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 851 Washington, DC 20004 Office: (202) 842-3300 | Mobile: (202) 438-4274 www.dtiglobal.com