The Missouri Lawyers Weekly has quoted ONSITE’s Chris Jurkiewicz in an Aug. 25th article regarding voicemail conversion to text and the associated implications for legal discovery.

Making your case: A new world for voice mails
Technology can put your voice mail in text, but it can’t save it from discovery
By Allison Retka, Staff Reporter

In a legal world of Blackberries, Treos and iPhones, voice mail and e-mail has become almost one and the same. For discovery purposes, that technological merger could be problematic or opportunistic. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure adopted …

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Another recent article regarding voicemail conversion technology is available from WTN News.

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ONSITE Names New Vice President of Sales

Appointment Positions Company for Continued Growth of Electronic Discovery Business

Arlington, Virginia (August 25, 2008) - ONSITE^TM, a leading global provider of litigation support and electronic evidence solutions for law firms and corporations, today announced the appointment of Daniel L. Junk as the company’s new vice president of sales. In this role, Mr. Junk will be responsible for leading ONSITE’s national sales team and facilitating the delivery of continued sales growth results.

“Dan Junk is a highly accomplished sales executive and I am pleased to have him join our senior leadership team,” said Robert Ballou, chief executive officer, ONSITE. “Our organization is currently experiencing a surge in client interest due to ONSITE’s innovative return on investment approach to electronic evidence management. With Dan’s appointment, we are well positioned to capitalize on substantial new opportunities for continued growth in our electronic discovery business.”

Junk joins ONSITE with more than 20 years of legal, sales and consulting experience, including a proven history of delivering sales growth in the legal services market. He recently served as the national director of sales for an e-discovery startup recognized by Inc. Magazine as the 135th fastest growing privately held company in the nation, based on a 3-year average annual sales growth of over 700 percent. In this position, Junk guided the sales team from humble beginnings into an operation that generated revenues exceeding $30 million annually. Since 2001, Junk has also advised Fortune 500 corporations and AmLaw 200 law firms regarding a number of large e-discovery cases.

Prior to entering the e-discovery arena, Junk was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he served as the managing attorney responsible for coordinating all national defense counsel in tobacco litigation throughout the United States. Junk holds dual bachelors degrees in Finance and Business Administration from Franklin University and a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School.

Participation at ILTA 2008 Conference

ONSITE is exhibiting at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) 2008 Conference being held August 25-28, 2008 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas. ONSITE will be featuring its recently released eView^TM 2.0 review platform along with its full range of electronic evidence management solutions. ONSITE is exhibiting at booth 806 in the exhibition hall during the event.

For more information about ONSITE’s full range of electronic evidence solutions, visit us online at www.ONSITE3.com.

ONSITE, the ONSITE logo, Electronic Evidence Enterprise, E3, Electronic Evidence Labs, the Electronic Evidence Labs logo, EELabs, Advanced Tape Discovery, First Line Analysis, Intelligent Collections, Smart Analytics, Productive Review, eView, and the eView logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ONSITE.

Women in eDiscovery, a non-profit organization committed to providing information and education as a public service to the legal community, announced their first Career and Technology Expo, which will take place September 18th, 2008 in Washington, D.C. at the Ronald Reagan Center.

The expo will feature 29 vendor booths and a demonstration room where a number of products and solutions by multiple vendors will be presented for 30 minutes each. In addition, there will be a resume preparation room and an interview room where recruiters and consulting companies will impart interview and resume tips on a one-on-one basis.

“We are very excited to be bringing both men and women in the legal industry together to educate, support and network with one another,” stated Parvaneh Daneshman, Co-chair of the event and Senior Project Manager at ONSITE³. “The e-discovery industry is growing so rapidly and is changing very quickly. It is great to get a group of leaders and innovators together to discuss hot topics and issues facing them and the rest of the market every day. We expect this to be a great forum for sharing ideas and expertise.”

Women in eDiscovery was formed to bring together businesswomen interested in technology in the legal industry and has grown to nearly 2,300 women with 22 local chapters throughout the United States and more chapters forming overseas. Among the women who have joined the organization are attorneys from law firms and corporations, litigation support professionals, paralegals, legal IT staff, consultants, and vendors.

To read the complete press release on dBusinessNews.com, click here.

For registration details, click here.

For more information about Women in eDiscovery, visit their website at www.womeninediscovery.com.

ONSITE³ is a sponsor for the event.

The Socha Consulting website recently published some additional results from the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann survey to include further details on the top ranked vendors for electronic discovery, including that ONSITE³ is ranked in the Top 20 for both Experience and Capacity. ONSITE³ is also ranked in the Top 15 overall and in the Top 10 specifically for Identification and Presentation. For details on how these results were determined, click here.

In terms of experience, this portion of the survey results concerns actual case experience on e-discovery projects. Because there is a rapidly growing number of new vendors and tools entering the market these days, you need to carefully consider just how experienced a vendor really is. Some recent vendors have only limited experience, so it is important to ask about client references and prior project experience in conjunction with considering the technical aspects of particular solutions.

With over 16 years experience in legal discovery and over 1500 law firm and corporate clients worldwide, ONSITE³ has experts who understand the stakes of litigation. We also provide a comprehensive and integrated toolkit that includes both our own proprietary technologies (such as eView and E3) and “best of breed” technologies (such as Clearwell, Index Engines, and Deepdive). Whether you are considering an in-house or hosted implementation or perhaps a hybrid solution, ONSITE³ can assist you in selecting the right solution for your needs.

Regarding capacity, this portion of the survey results are not so much a reference to storage capacity but rather to the rate at which data can be processed. When considering processing capacity for e-discovery, you should think about not only your immediate requirements but also the scalability and flexibility of a solution to be able to address changing or unpredictable case requirements.

Consider not only network accessible data (such as from an email server) but also data from offline locations, such as backup tapes, cell phones, laptop hard drives, etc. As you assess the amount of data to process relative to your deadlines, think about the potential impact of archive files (such as ZIP or RAR) and documents like PowerPoint presentations or Excel spreadsheets that may have embedded or hidden content. These types of issues are where ONSITE³’s experience can help provide a more realistic assessment of the processing rate you can expect, and as necessary what special tactics or tools may be required to ensure that court imposed deadlines are met … and that submitted evidence is both admissible and defensible.

It is also important to consider any multinational aspects to e-discovery projects. For example, would data from any European locations be required? If so, you need to keep in mind European privacy law. ONSITE³ has deployable international resources that can go on-site to client locations and we’re also Safe Harbor Certified to transfer data from Europe to a central processing facility within the United States in compliance with European privacy law.

While some vendors may suggest a one-size-fits-all solution, ONSITE³ can customize and package our solutions to meet your specific needs. Our approach enables you to manage risk and to control cost for an overall greater return on investment for evidence management.

To learn more about ONSITE³’s full range of e-discovery solutions, click here or stop by and see us at Booth 806 during the ILTA Conference being held Aug. 25 - 28, 2008 in Grapevine, Texas (near Dallas).

To find out more about the Socha-Gelbmann survey results, click here.

The August 2008 issue of OpRisk & Compliance magazine includes an article (You’ve got mail) on email compliance from Editor Ellen Davis. The article cites ONSITE³’s Robert Ballou on what firms can expect as they plan for email and electronic communications compliance on the international stage.

Below is an excerpt from the article:

Emails are increasingly being used (and demanded) as evidence by US courts, and the implications of this are rippling around the globe. Ellen Davis looks at what international firms need to be doing with their email to ensure they can handle the changing, contradictory requirements in this area.

Propelled by a series of court cases and regulatory enforcement actions, financial services firms in the US now regularly archive most of their email correspondence for a period of time, and have developed robust policies around storage and retrieval. Email issues are also beginning to blossom in the UK and Europe, and industry experts fully expect email retention and retrieval problems to become international within 18 months to two years. It’s no surprise …

To read the full article, click here (registration required).

The August 2008 issue of Law Technology News magazine was published today with an article that provides an executive summary of the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann survey results. The section of the article on Market Leaders includes callout boxes for “overall services providers” and “top providers by electronic discovery stage”. ONSITE³ is identified in the Top 15 overall and in the Top 10 specifically for the Identification and Presentation stages of e-discovery.

The article also includes predictions about expected growth for the e-discovery market, including that the market is anticipated to grow approximately 21% from 2007 to 2008; 20% from 2008 to 2009; and 15% from 2009 to 2010. If realized, the e-discovery market will exceed $4.6 billion by 2010.

To read the full article, click here.

For additional details about ONSITE³’s ranking in the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann survey results, click here.

Law.com’s EDD Update blog provided a sneak preview of the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey results. The widely respected survey ranks ONSITE³ within the Top 15 of all eDiscovery service providers.

The article states that all of the top eDiscovery vendors identified in the survey represent, “the best of the best, an elite cadre singled out from a field of well over 600 organizations that offer some form of EDD services or software“. Note that the survey does not assign specific rankings to each of the vendors but rather alphabetically groups them into the top 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, and so on.

ONSITE³’s top ranking in this year’s survey also represents the fourth consecutive year that ONSITE³ has been honored by the Socha-Gelbmann survey with the distinction of being a “top” provider of electronic discovery services.

To read the full article from EDD Update, click here.

An executive summary of the full results of the survey is expected to be published in the August issue of Law Technology News.

In addition to recognition in the Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey, ONSITE³ was also rated in the Top 10 for eDiscovery services in 2007 AmLaw Tech Survey and recognized recently as one of only 28 vendors being tracked in the market for electronic discovery services by Gartner Research.

To learn more about services available from ONSITE³, click here.

In a new Research Note (Using the Electronic Discovery Reference Model to Process, Review and Analyze Digital Evidence) published July 11th by Gartner Analyst Debra Logan, ONSITE³ is recognized as one of only 28 providers being tracked in the market for electronic discovery services by Gartner Research.

One of the key findings from the research is that hosted solutions (such as provided by ONSITE³) represent the dominant industry model for delivery of e-discovery services and that this approach will “appeal to a significant number of enterprises”.

Gartner also predicts a strong grow rate for the e-discovery market that is expected to be more than 35% annually through 2011.

For more information or to purchase a copy of this research note, click here.

For additional commentary from Gartner Analyst Debra Logan on how organizations can overcome the challenges of e-discovery, click here to view a free Gartner webcast sponsored by ONSITE³.

ONSITE³ will be exhibiting at the ILTA Conference being held August 25-28 in Grapevine, Texas (near the DFW airport) at the Gaylord Texas Resort and Conference Center. Be sure to mark your calendar and stop by our booth (#806) to learn about the recently announced 2.0 release of our eView review platform and about our full range of services for managing electronic evidence for complex litigation and regulatory compliance.

The four-day ILTA event, featuring educational content across 26 tracks, is well regarded as one of the best places to further your professional development, learn from your peers, and make valuable connections. In addition to the structured educational experience, the exhibit hall features over 150 key vendors from the legal market, and there are also abundant opportunities for social networking. The educational content is entirely peer-developed and is based on feedback from ILTA members. Bill Mertes, Enterprise Software Architect at Winston & Strawn LLP and Michele Gossmeyer, Global I.S. Administration Manager at Mayer Brown LLP will serve as co-chairs for this year’s event, and they lead the team of volunteer members who have brought together the rich educational content planned for this year’s event.

The theme at year’s event will be Global Perspective, Peer Advantage which conveys the notion that attendees, regardless of size or location, can gain something from adopting a global perspective and gain an incredible advantage from meeting with peers.

To learn more about the planned educational sessions at this year’s conference, click here.

For details on conference registration, click here.

This issue of ONSITE³’s Compressed Discovery newsletter presents several articles highlighting recent news, industry trends, and technology of interest for eDiscovery. Of particular interest is an article on voice mail conversion for eDiscovery as well as a press release from ONSITE³ announcing its eView 2.0 review platform for increased productivity during attorney document review.

Also of interest is a recent court decision in support of a computer forensic examination despite the defendant’s arguments of undue burden. A link is provided to a site where you can download a copy of this recent decision.

Also highlighted in this edition of our newsletter is a new case study on First Line Analysis, a service powered by Clearwell Systems. First Line Analysis provides a great solution for making early case assessments and for taking those “quick peeks” that are so important prior to entering the full eDiscovery process.

To read these and other announcements, see our recent newsletter.

To see earlier issues of our newsletter, visit our Newsletter Archive.

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