Major e-Discovery Provider Forensics Consulting Solutions Selects Lateral Data Viewpoint(TM) e-Discovery Software

HOUSTON, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- E-Discovery technology leader Lateral Data, LP today announced that Forensics Consulting Solutions, Inc. (FCS), one of the premier e-Discovery companies in the U.S., has selected Lateral Data's Viewpoint™ e-Discovery platform to augment its full range of e-Discovery, and hosted Review tools.  FCS' adoption of Viewpoint represents Lateral Data's largest usage agreement to date, and demonstrates Viewpoint's strategic value among top-tier e-Discovery service providers.

Founded in 2001, FCS is a boutique consulting firm that services clients in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.  The Phoenix, Arizona-based e-Discovery service provider has been an integral contributor to a number of high-profile e-Discovery matters, in recent years; most notably as the e-Discovery service provider for AMD on AMD vs. Intel.

Lateral Data's Viewpoint will enable FCS to effectively accomplish the entire spectrum of tasks in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) — data collection and preservation; pre-processing; full processing; analysis; review; and production — in one comprehensive software application.

"FCS spent 4 months performing rigorous testing on the Viewpoint platform to ensure it met our standards for scalability, data integrity and usability," said Joe White, President of FCS. "Our clients have been asking us for more than a year to consider new solutions which allowed their data to remain resident in a single platform – from early case analysis all the way through large scale review.  We are pleased to say that Viewpoint and the Lateral Data team met and exceeded every requirement we threw at them."

"This new partnership with FCS is very exciting for us as a company, as it validates our mission to be a complete solution for even the highest-end e-Discovery consultancies," said Matt Berry, Founder and CEO of Lateral Data.  "Our combination of speed, accuracy, ease of use and value, along with our full-spectrum capabilities, is proving its worth with service providers, corporate and law firms."

Viewpoint, now available in version 4.5, also gives e-Discovery service providers and their clients new protection through its data-resident orientation.  With Viewpoint, electronic data remains in one system throughout the entire e-Discovery process, providing the linkage and audit capabilities necessary for a defensible  e-Discovery process.

"As e-Discovery needs and strategies have shifted, we're very pleased to be in a position to onboard Viewpoint as a major new addition to our solution toolkit.  Our clients and the market in general clearly has been asking for this type of solution for some time  -  simplified workflows, enhanced data integrity, less manual work," said K.J. Kuchta, Founder and CEO of Forensic Consulting Solutions.  "Viewpoint will be a major tool for FCS as we continue to expand our business across the U.S. and beyond."

About Lateral Data:

Lateral Data, LP is a software development and data processing company headquartered in Houston, Texas.  Founded in 2003, the company has focused its software development and services efforts in the e-Discovery market; its flagship software application, Viewpoint™, covers the primary components of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, bringing end-to-end simplicity and affordability to service providers, corporate legal departments, law firms and OEMs.  Viewpoint is available stand-alone or for multi-tenant environments.  To learn more, visit www.lateraldata.com.

About Forensics Consulting Solutions, LLC:

Founded in 2001, Forensics Consulting Solutions is a boutique consulting firm with a global reach that includes North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Working with a select group of clients, FCS has been an integral contributor to a number of high-profile litigation and M&A activities. For more information on FCS' full service e-Discovery service offerings, visit www.forensicsconsulting.com.

SOURCE Forensics Consulting Solutions, Inc.