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Exterro and IQWEST Partner to Deliver Hosted Litigation Management Workflow System
| Source: Exterro
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - June 20, 2007) - In conjunction with LegalTech: West Coast,
today Exterro™ Inc., a leading provider of advanced technology to the
legal industry, and IQWEST, a litigation services and hosting company based
in Los Angeles, announced the availability of FusionQwest, a
hosted/Application Service Provider (ASP) release of Exterro Fusion, a
comprehensive platform for the automation of workflow around the eDiscovery
process. FusionQwest improves the productivity and efficiency of law firms
with comprehensive platform for the automation of workflow around the
eDiscovery process -- without the requirement of installing server or
software using FusionQwest's centralized management supporting the
litigation support process, legal teams can take control of the litigation
and discovery processes and weigh options related to approach, costs and
strategies. Exterro can be found at LegalTech: West Coast, booth 527.
"By leveraging our background in business process management and workflow
from other industries and applying it to the discovery market, we believe
that Exterro will play a fundamental role in shaping how the legal
community applies workflow to the discovery process," said Bobby
Balachandran, CEO of Exterro. "Through this joint solution, our goal was to
give different options to legal teams looking to streamline the workflow
around the e-Discovery process."
Using Exterro Fusion's central management console as the support software,
FusionQwest provides a way to monitor all critical information related to
the litigation support management process in real-time, in one screen. This
centralized view streamlines the previously inefficient process by giving
litigation support staff, attorneys and paralegals enhanced visibility,
transparency into litigation support management workflow processes.
And as a hosted solution, FusionQwest can be easily accessed and can
integrate with other hosted software packages like CaseQwest, the
hosted-version of CaseLogistix' versatile desktop software. FusionQwest is
also able to integrate multiple project management functions, including
collaboration, requirements management, issue tracking, and vendor
management solutions. It provides customized workflow with project
templates, alerts and notifications and can generate reports on vendor
performance and costs, create business rules, forecasts and budget
comparisons, plus monitor all critical information. The interface and
workflow components to FusionQwest can be accessed centrally through a
secure web-based user interface. Further, access for FusionQwest users is
regulated by adherence to strict security policies designed by IQWEST.
"FusionQwest, the tight integration of Exterros's award-winning flexible
workflow tool, together with CaseQwest our superior online document review
system, is a marriage made in heaven," said Joe Thorpe, President of IQWEST
Information Technologies. "Before Fusion, the client's assignment of
managing all phases of a complex litigation project involving scanning,
coding, ESI collection, processing, hosting and production, would seem like
one of herding cats. Budgets, time lines, resource allocations, document
review (QC and progress) and many other potential points-of-failure, are
now managed in an easy to access dashboard via Web portal and available 24
x 7."
The online solution is immediately available exclusively at IQWEST.
About Exterro
Headquartered in Lake Oswego, Ore., Exterro is a technology company
providing innovative workflow solutions for the corporate and law firm
counsel. It helps legal teams control litigation processes and costs and
automate the workflow related to discovery management by tightening
collaboration between outside counsel, in-house legal teams, service
providers and experts. Exterro believes that process automation and
improvements in litigation -- especially in discovery -- can be learned
from the quality improvement successes of other industries and disciplines.
Exterro's easy to use, quick to deploy and simple to integrate workflow
management platforms are built on a patent-pending, open architecture that
fits neatly with existing business processes and systems. A built-in
management workflow provides cost controls, delivers time savings and
reduces risks throughout the litigation support process. In addition to its
headquarters, the company has offices in San Francisco, Chicago, New York
and Dallas. Find out more about Exterro and its technologies at
www.exterro.com.
About IQWEST
Headquartered in metro Los Angeles, IQWEST is a national technology driven
provider of Electronic Discovery, Coding, Foreign Language Translations,
and Web Hosting for online case review. From data collection to document
production, IQWEST works with its clients providing professional guidance
and support each step of the way. In addition to its headquarters, the
company has offices in New York, San Francisco and Irvine. Find out more
about IQWEST at www.iqwestit.com.