Wortzman to Speak on ILCO Conference Panel about 2nd Edition of The Sedona Canada Principles29/5/2015
Susan Wortzman will speak on a panel with The Honourable Colin Campbell entitled “Upcoming Revisions to the Sedona Canada Principles and Commentary” at the 25th Annual Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario Conference on May 29, 2015 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The session will provide an overview of the revisions in the Second Edition, the implications of the revisions and the emphasis on proportionality in e-discovery. To register for the conference, please click here: http://www.ilco.on.ca/events-conferences/2015-conference
Duncan Fraser and Rachael Chadwick are showcasing Wortzmans’ eDiscovery and Information Governance services at the Justice Canada Legal Services Bazaar on June 4, 2015.
The Legal Services Bazaar is a collaborative, open event that encourages the exchange of ideas and blue-sky thinking, built around ‘booths’ staffed by ‘vendors’ showcasing new and innovative approaches to the delivery of legal services. The event will focus on improving efficiency and promoting excellence in the delivery of legal services at the Department of Justice. ‘Vendors’ will include both Justice employees and legal professionals from the private sector. The attendance is limited to Justice and client department staff. Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, analyses the e-discovery market and releases an annual report entitled the “Magic Quadrant”. It places each major e-discovery software vendor in one of four squares: Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries and Niche Players. The proximity to the top-right corner of each square indicates the ranking of each vendor (the closer the better!).
This year’s report was released on May 18th. A summary of the report can be viewed here. The full report can be purchased from Gartner. The results are generally in line with the maturity of the industry we have seen over the past year. kCura, the makers of Relativity, and FTI, with Ringtail, are both recognized as the top leaders. Recommind and ZyLab follow on their heels. With the exception of ZyLab (which is not available locally in Canada), Wortzmans has used all of these products. Any of them are suitable for large-size e-discovery reviews. Challengers include Symantec (Clearwell) and AccessData (Summation). Interestingly, Gartner considers Xerox (Viewpoint) and LexisNexis (Concordance and Casemap) niche players, although they are placed very near the nexus of all four squares, and could move into one of the other categories next year. One newcomer to the field is Microsoft, which has entered the space with their purchase of Equivio. They are currently in the bottom left of the Visionaries square, but we expect them to move in the future as they integrate the Equivio technology into their Office365, Exchange and SharePoint environments. Although a successful e-discovery project involves many aspects in addition to the software used (such as vendor support and management of the review), the Gartner report does help to navigate the ever growing e-discovery software space and assist in making decisions. |
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