Top NYC e-Discovery Provider Picks Lateral Data's Viewpoint All-In-One Solution Based on Product's Document Review Capabilities

HOUSTON, Nov. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- E-Discovery technology leader Lateral Data, LP today announced that Smart Data Consulting, a national provider of technology consulting and e-Discovery services to legal, government and corporate entities, has adopted Lateral Data's Viewpoint™ all-in-one e-Discovery software as a primary service alternative for its clients.  In addition to speeding the e-Discovery process through its full-spectrum approach, Viewpoint will provide Smart Data clients with advanced review capabilities—a strength that played a major role in the consulting firm's decision.

New York City-based Smart Data is a trusted provider of proven and defensible e-Discovery services to many of the nation's most prominent law firms and corporations.  The company executes projects in all phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM); such as a full range of forensic data acquisition services, forensic analysis, advanced data processing, and key term identification.

According to Ed Robles, Smart Data Managing Partner, Lateral Data's Viewpoint is unique amongst e-Discovery platforms.  "What attracts us most is Viewpoint's review component.  It will let our clients utilize a broad array of advanced review features such as conceptual analysis, social network visualization, email threading and file similarity viewing. This makes Viewpoint unique in that all of these features are found in one interface."

Viewpoint better facilitates many phases of the electronic discovery process including filtering, full and advanced processing, analysis, review and production.  Featuring an Outlook-style interface that is familiar to most business users, Viewpoint can execute data processing tasks at speeds up to five times faster than other leading e-Discovery products.

"Part of our role as consultants is to continually survey the industry to see what's changing the landscape.  Viewpoint technology is creating a buzz amongst our professional reviewers as they are able to approach their assignments efficiently and effectively," said Imer Perezic, Smart Data Managing Partner.  "We see Viewpoint as a solid tool that offers enhanced functionality in a consolidated package.  This is where we believe the market is going."

"In recent years, Smart Data has handled e-Discovery in some of the most complex and far-reaching cases in the United States," stated Matt Berry, Founder and CEO of Lateral Data, LP.  "It's gratifying to be partnering with Smart Data to help its clients streamline their workflows and improve their effectiveness."  

Viewpoint 4.6 is currently available for licensing to service providers, corporate legal departments and law firms.  For more details or to schedule a demo, log on to www.lateraldata.com or call (713) 592-8585.

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.

SOURCE Lateral Data