Applied Discovery Announces Agreement with EMC for Integrated Offering of Collection, Early Case Assessment & Electronic Discovery Services

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Discovery, a worldwide leader for multinational e-discovery services for law firms, corporations, and government agencies, today announced an agreement with EMC Corporation that leverages the Applied Discovery leading market presence and portfolio of services by integrating with EMC SourceOne eDiscovery – Kazeon for collection and early case assessment. The combined offering will enable corporate clients to leverage EMC's unmatched capabilities to collect, cull and analyze e-discovery data behind the corporate firewall and then to seamlessly move the data into the efficient Applied Discovery processing and review engines. Clients will also have the option of using EMC advanced analytics on an outsourced basis and throughout the review process.

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"Assessing risk and managing e-discovery at the earliest possible phase of litigation or investigations is of paramount concern to legal departments. It is essential that clients have access to the most innovative and effective tools available to handle their complex discovery matters," said Jon Resnick, vice president at Applied Discovery. "Partnering with EMC allows us to provide an expanded and fully comprehensive offering to our clients. Our collection and advanced early case assessment powered by EMC SourceOne integrates seamlessly with our existing suite of electronic discovery services."

"Clients want to increase e-discovery effectiveness as early in the litigation lifecycle as possible," said Barry Ruditsky, vice president of OEM Sales, Information Intelligence Group, a division of EMC. "Delivering EMC SourceOne eDiscovery – Kazeon as part of the suite of existing Applied Discovery services will help clients increase their e-discovery effectiveness in a cost effective and defensible manner using the expert management of a single discovery provider."

To Learn More about Applied Discovery

To learn more about the complete Applied Discovery portfolio of offerings and the partnership program, visit www.AppliedDiscovery.com/partners.

About Applied Discovery

Applied Discovery is a worldwide electronic discovery leader offering multinational collection, analytics, processing, review, and production services for law firms, corporations, and government agencies engaged in audits, investigations, and litigation. Based in Bellevue, WA, with East Coast headquarters in New York City and regional offices in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Toronto, Applied Discovery has served clients as part of the LexisNexis® portfolio of legal services since 2003.

LexisNexis® is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 18,000 employees worldwide.

SOURCE Applied Discovery