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Many people are still unaware of the term Electronic Discovery and those who have heard about it dont have a

clear idea what is it all about. E-discovery service has evolved as a great way of retrieving lost data. Within a

few years e-discovery has become a mainstream practice. With the help of this service you can actually solve many

problems whether they are related to your office or your personal life.

If you are wondering what exactly is electronic discovery then we can put it this way: electronic discovery is

the retrieval of important documents stored in various electronic sources. The use of e-discovery services has

increased rapidly. People use different electronic devices to create, store as well as transfer data. Hence

retrieval of lost data has also become a great challenge. Every moment countless data are being transferred

electronically across the globe. This may cause data loss or data alteration. Loss of valuable data is a great

problem. Electronic discovery enables you to retrieve the lost or

changed data.

Electronic discovery services enable the recovery of data from any kind of source such as computers, tapes, back

up medias like floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, software, source code, hard disk, CAD/CAE/CAM, intranet and internet

content, Zip drives, Jaz drives, graphics, fax servers, network activity systems, internet service providers, cell

phones, personal digital assistants, pagers, electronic or video or voice mail as well as special databases

including CRM, ERP etc.

The e-discovery software tools can effectively categorize, search as well as sort for valuable data in their

native format. Documents can be redacted and reports can be generated within a few minutes. The software tools are

quite compatible with MIME, RTF, TXT and HTML file formats. The tools can also categorize the data by types and

convert them into specified formats including JPEG, TIFE or PDF.

Many companies offer e-discovery services to solve your data loss or data alteration problem. Some of the most

popular service providers include Electronic Evidence Discovery Inc., Daticon, Renew Data Corp, Kroll Ontrack Inc.,

Applied Discovery Inc., ZANTAZ Inc., Fios Inc., KPMG and SPI Litigation Direct, Ibis Consulting and many more.

If you need to avail electronic discovery service the software programs you can depend on include CaseMap,

Concordance, Summation, Attenex, Livenote, Access, iConnect, Encase and Introspect. Many of the service providers

offer free demo versions of the software so that you can decide whether it is going to serve your purpose. However

there are limited applications available as free demo. The best option is to avail a full fledged software package

which is quite affordable. The starting range of such a software package is $1,000. The price range varies

according to the options available.

by:Archer Gomes




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