IKON Office Solutions Enhances Its Legal Enterprise Solutions Offering With Equivio Technology

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions, today announced that Equivio's data redundancy technology for near-duplicates and email threads is now being used by IKON Office Solutions, a Ricoh company, through the IKON Litovation Solutions Electronic Discovery offering.

"Using Equivio's proven technology to identify near-duplicates and email threads extends the value of the electronic discovery services we provide to our clients," explains Vic Rainsford, Vice President, Ricoh U.S. Enterprise Services, Ricoh Americas Corporation.  "By leveraging Equivio's technology as a standard part of the IKON Litovation Solutions Electronic Discovery offering, we are able to help our clients expedite the discovery processes and reduce the cost and complexity of litigation review." 

The grouping of near-duplicates and email threads allows attorneys to skip redundant data, while focusing exclusively on the unique information in each document.  By enhancing the "findability" of data, Equivio reduces the risk of missing key information. The Equivio groupings also ensure similar documents are treated consistently, while enhancing review productivity and helping litigators meet tight deadlines.

"We are delighted that IKON has chosen to adopt Equivio's technology," said Amir Milo, CEO of Equivio.  "With its pre-eminent client base and market position, IKON understands the demanding requirements from technologies in high-performance document management environments.  The adoption of Equivio's technology is helping IKON's litigation clients address the ever-increasing volumes and complexity of electronic discovery and review."

IKON Litovation Solutions is a suite of best-in-class technologies that provides customers with customized support throughout the entire electronic discovery reference model including data forensics, electronic discovery, document imaging, and document coding.  These technologies are part of IKON Legal Enterprise Solutions' comprehensive portfolio of document management products and services designed to help law firms and corporate counsel manage their entire document workflow, from on-site copy and mail centers, off-site imaging and processing work and other litigation support services.  

For more information on IKON Litovation Solutions, please visit www.ikon.com.

About Equivio

Equivio enables the management of data redundancy in content-centric business processes. Equivio's technology zooms in on unique data, allowing you to read less, think more, win big™. With products for grouping near-duplicates, capturing email threads and determining document relevance, Equivio powers a broad range of business applications, including eDiscovery, early case assessment, data retention, corporate investigations and intelligence. To learn more about winning with Equivio, visit www.equivio.com.

About IKON

IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (www.ikon.com), a Ricoh company, is a leading provider of innovative document management systems and services, enabling customers to improve document workflow and increase efficiency.  IKON integrates copiers, printers and MFP technologies, and document management software and systems, to deliver tailored, high-value solutions, implemented and supported by its team of services professionals.  IKON leverages the manufacturing and engineering expertise of Ricoh, a more than $21 billion global technology innovator, with the experience and reach of its locally based sales and services teams, to provide end-to-end solutions and one of the industry's broadest portfolios of document management services, including on-site and off-site managed services, technical service and support, and customized workflow design and implementation.

About Ricoh Americas Corporation

Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd., the 74-year-old leading provider of advanced office technology and innovative document imaging products, services and software, with fiscal year 2009 sales in excess of $21 billion.

Ricoh's fully integrated hardware and customizable services and software help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents.

Ricoh Americas Corporation, directly or through its network of authorized dealers, markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America.

Information about Ricoh's complete range of offerings can be found at www.ricoh-usa.com.

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SOURCE Ricoh Americas Corporation