Exterro and IQWEST Partner to Deliver Hosted Litigation Management Workflow System


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.

Contact Information: Press Only: for more information, contact: Valerie Chan PR consultant Exterro, Inc. E-mail: Phone: 206.856.7885