Electronic Discovery Software Vendor Provides Proven Toolset To Innovative Legal Industry Service Provider
SEATTLE — June 21, 2005 — Attenex® Corp., a leading software developer of document analysis and visualization tools for electronic discovery, and SPI Litigation Direct LLC today announced an alliance that enables SPI to deliver a full-service electronic discovery solution for law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies in matters requiring electronic discovery, analysis, storage and production of large volumes of electronic data.
“The ongoing need to reduce time and dollars spent during the discovery process is fueling the industry’s search for best-of-breed solutions and best practices,” said George Socha, Socha Consulting LLC. “Leading-edge service providers like SPI Litigation Direct have identified a smart and effective way to offer these solutions through companies like Attenex – instead of building and maintaining new proprietary systems. By doing so, service providers can present clients with a solution that best fits their individual requirements on a case-by-case basis.”
SPI Litigation Direct, a leading provider of electronic discovery and litigation support services, has developed an expertise in providing complex litigation services to organizations in a variety of industries, including the pharmaceutical, financial and government sectors. Given the size and scope of discovery required by SPI Litigation Direct’s clients, the firm recognized a clear need for technology to support existing skills and offerings. SPI Litigation Direct’s technology and business leaders conducted an extensive evaluation of the leading solutions in the electronic discovery market, ultimately selecting Attenex as their premier technology partner.
“We rely heavily on Attenex Patterns® Workbench to efficiently and reliably prepare our clients’ staggering amount of electronic data for processing, review and production,” said Kenneth Shear, Esq., senior vice president for SPI Litigation Direct. “The Attenex Patterns Document Mapper interface is a truly innovative, efficient way to analyze and understand relationships within the collected data corpus.”
The alliance equips SPI Litigation Direct’s electronic discovery and analysis teams with Attenex Patterns, an integrated e-discovery software suite combining powerful document processing (pre-processing and suppression of unnecessary data) and native document review (document mapping and analysis through visualization) with project management and reporting tools. The result is a scalable and secure platform that automates the bulk of the clerical and technical processing involved in response, while dramatically speeding up document review and maintaining a chain of evidence and full audit trail.
“SPI Litigation Direct is a great partner for us,” said Brian Schlosser, chief executive officer of Attenex. “Innovative service providers like SPI enable us to successfully deploy our software-only business model in combination with rich services such as electronic data discovery, litigation coding and strategic consulting services. Combined, Attenex and SPI provide an excellent solution for legal professionals faced with large-scale discovery projects.”
About SPI Litigation Direct
SPI Litigation Direct LLC, with offices in the United States and the Philippines, is a worldwide provider of document coding, electronic discovery and litigation support services to law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies. The company operates the largest document coding facility in the world, with a capacity of up to one million pages of evidentiary material per week. In addition, SPI Litigation Direct provides high-volume and archival imaging, data capture (OCR, OCR cleanup, and full-text keying), and expert project management with ISO 9001:2000 quality management certification. The company is a subsidiary of SPI Technologies Inc., the largest independent provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services in Asia (including India and the Philippines). For more information, call (602) 485-8188 or visit www.spitech.com/litdirect.html.
About Attenex
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Attenex is a business-to-business software company that provides tools that enable corporations, law firms and government agencies to improve the efficiency of processing and reviewing electronic documents, as well as managing e-discovery projects. These efficiencies dramatically reduce the total cost of discovery for clients while saving valuable review time. For more information about the company and its products, call (206) 373-6565 or visit www.attenex.com.