CaseCentral Celebrates 15th Anniversary in eDiscovery

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/.