I am about to close the door to my office and head to another Legal Tech West Coast in Los Angeles. I realize these conferences are all about meeting people, collaborating and connecting. But it's really about the data: what tools are out there that are going to give us a head start in managing data for clients and help manage the risk of litigation.
My door is not closed yet, and I'm already getting an inkling of what I will see in L.A. RenewData took the wraps off ActiveVault 4.0 today -- a managed service that will allow clients to consolidate, archive and manage all their inactive data, including old backup tapes, into one basket to apply data retension rules and attach legal hold requests. That's one big pool for data that has the potential to be a "safe harbor," depending on the substance and implementation of an organization's retention policies.
RenewData aims to make it easy for ActiveVault customers to view and manipulate their data and metadata with self-service tools that will allow early case assessment, search and review tools all within a Web browser. But don't think RenewData will be the only game to make it easy to manage your data.
CommVault announced today that their Simpana 7.0 software suite will now allow organizations to apply legal holds in anticipation of litigation -- no managed service necessary. Most organizations anticipate litigation at some time. So, tools like these, bundled inside one architecture designed to put all your data under one platform, makes it easy. Just make sure that the one platform is going to fit all your requirements for resource management, data protection, archiving, and search and scale to your future needs.
See you at Legal Tech.
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