CaseCentral Celebrates 15th Anniversary in eDiscovery
Long-Standing eDiscovery Provider Has Served Nearly 2,000 Corporations and Law Firms While Supporting More Than 20,000 Cases
| Source: CaseCentral
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - CaseCentral, the leader in secure,
on-demand eDiscovery software for corporate counsel and law firms looking
to simplify and take control of eDiscovery, today celebrated its 15th
anniversary, maintaining its position as one of the longest standing
eDiscovery vendors in the industry. CaseCentral's software was the
industry's first web-based discovery management system and, in addition to
its anniversary, the company is celebrating serving nearly 2,000
corporations and law firms that include 31 of the Fortune 100 and 82 of the
American Lawyer 100. While supporting customers throughout the various
stages of litigation and eDiscovery, CaseCentral has handled more than
20,000 cases and helped attorneys review and produce more than 1 billion
documents. Currently CaseCentral has more than 500 terabytes of client
data under management to assist in the review process of eDiscovery.
"When we started CaseCentral in 1994, email didn't exist as a mainstream
business application and a 'big' case had 200 boxes of documents, or about
500,000 pages. Dial-up via AOL or Netscape was the first delivery
mechanism and a 28.8 bps modem was considered really fast," said Chris
Kruse, chairman and founder of CaseCentral. "Among other large cases,
CaseCentral was first on the scene for the Enron collapse, housing more
than 45 million pages for the Enron Creditors Committee and was the first
eDiscovery application to leverage the Internet and now cloud computing in
order to deliver higher value to corporate and law firm customers
accompanied by lower costs and risk."
Since CaseCentral launched in 1994, the worlds of traditional discovery and
eDiscovery have changed dramatically and CaseCentral has not only kept pace
with that change, but pioneered some of the changes by continuously
providing innovative and effective software for the legal industry.
"CaseCentral has been helping clients with eDiscovery for almost as long as
Hammurabi's Code has existed," said Brian Babineau, senior analyst for
Enterprise Strategy Group. "CaseCentral helped put the 'e' in eDiscovery
and their forward-thinking innovations have helped to drive the industry."
Pioneering CaseCentral Moments
-- First web-based discovery management repository -- CaseCentral
introduces the first solution for collaboration among legal teams.
-- First multi-matter, multi-party eDiscovery review software --
Recognizing the need for a single platform to meet the requirements of
large corporations in the insurance, financial services, pharmaceutical and
energy markets, CaseCentral was the first Internet-based platform where the
entire portfolio of litigation cases could be serviced from a single
system.
-- Supported more than 20,000 cases -- CaseCentral's software has been used
to support more than 20,000 customer cases.
-- First eDiscovery process analytics and dashboard -- In 2008, CaseCentral
enabled authorized users to receive real-time, quantitative measurement
of key eDiscovery process points, providing critical insight into
eDiscovery costs, trends and efficiencies.
-- First eDiscovery review software powered by cloud computing -- In 2009
CaseCentral introduced R4, which used cloud computing to increase eDiscovery
ease-of-use and efficiency, while reducing risk and cost.
-- First integrated eDiscovery review software -- R4 was the first review
software to integrate eDiscovery analysis, first-pass review and four
corners review in a single application, eliminating the need to transport
data to additional systems for further review and eventual production.
-- First eDiscovery cartoon -- While CaseCentral understands the serious
nature of litigation and eDiscovery, there was an industry need to
illustrate its lighter side too. "Case in Point,"
CaseCentral's weekly, humorous cartoon series, is based upon the company's
experience and long history in the eDiscovery market, as well as
submissions from readers.
"CaseCentral's longevity with managing joint defense cases, single cases
and multi-case, multi-party eDiscovery for the past 15 years has
established us as a trusted eDiscovery company that corporations and law
firms can rely on," said Tom Thimot, CaseCentral's chief executive officer.
"Our innovative review software and continuous commitment to our customers
have made CaseCentral a cornerstone in a rapidly changing market."
About CaseCentral
Founded in 1994, CaseCentral is the leader in secure, on-demand eDiscovery
software for corporations and law firms to simplify and take control of
eDiscovery. CaseCentral enables repeatable, defensible and measurable
business processes that significantly reduce eDiscovery risk, cost and
time. The CaseCentral eDiscovery review platform integrates early case
assessment, processing, analysis, review and production capabilities,
enabling customers to succeed with a single matter and seamlessly migrate
to multi-matter, multi-party, multi-repository support within the same
software platform. CaseCentral pioneered the use of process analytics,
providing real-time measurement of review rates, quality rates and costs
per document -- by matter, firm or user. CaseCentral has served more than
31 of the Fortune 100 and more than 82 of the AmLaw 100. For more
information, call 1.800.714.2727 or visit www.casecentral.com. Read 'Case
in Point' at: http://casecentral.typepad.com/case_in_point/.