CaseCentral eDiscovery Cloud™ Technology

CaseCentral Technology — Private Cloud, Software as a Service (SaaS) Delivers Enterprise-Grade Functionality, Scale and Security to eDiscovery Clients

The Cloud Computing Revolution

The single most important technology change of our time is cloud computing. Entire industries are being changed or made obsolete. Thanks to the power of the Internet and cloud computing, many products are moving away from on-premise software and are now delivered online. The cloud revolution includes everything from music and DVDs, maps and cars to business application software.

Why buy a DVD when you can subscribe to Netflix and access a whole DVD library? Why buy and use individual paper maps when you can purchase a GPS system and get maps of the entire planet?  Why buy and install CRM software when you can subscribe to the world-class version online from salesforce.com? Why buy and install eDiscovery and litigation support software when you can subscribe to industry leader CaseCentral?

In 2009, more than 84% of Am Law 200 firms and 76% of U.S. companies used at least one cloud-delivered application to lower capital expenditures and reduce dedicated headcount for support, while drastically reducing application deployment time.  Initial cloud computing deployment and on-going maintenance costs are also much less than traditional on-premise software deployments.  CaseCentral’s cloud computing-based software enables clients to bring eDiscovery in-house via the cloud and uniquely provides enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuity planning (BCP) to secure and protect confidential client information

CaseCentral Pioneered the eDiscovery Cloud

CaseCentral is the pioneer of the eDiscovery cloud , celebrating it’s 15th anniversary in early 2009. CaseCentral’s software was the industry’s first web-based discovery management system and the company has helped nearly 2,000 corporations and law firms bring eDiscovery in-house via the cloud, including 32 of the Fortune 100 and 83 of the American Lawyer 100. While supporting customers throughout the various stages of litigation and eDiscovery, CaseCentral has handled more than 20,000 cases and helped attorneys review and produce more than 1 billion documents.  Currently CaseCentral has more than 500 terabytes of client data under management  CaseCentral’s eDiscovery cloud powered our phenomenal 2009 growth milestones and our rise in the Am Law 200.

Why the eDiscovery Cloud?

For companies and law firms looking to bring eDiscovery in-house, choosing a secure, private cloud-based application provides the best solution. You control the process, data and access, without incurring the costs, risks and time delays inherent in the on-premise software deployments or the headaches involved with getting your IT department to modify your corporate network and security standards to allow outside counsel and service providers to access on-premise eDiscovery software.

Corporations and law firms depend upon CaseCentral to deliver world-class software applications via the integrated CaseCentral eDiscovery Platform and CaseCentral delivers. With an enterprise-grade infrastructure and a powerful private cloud delivery model, CaseCentral successfully supports both bet-the-company and garden variety litigation and regulatory matters for corporate and law firm clients. By guaranteeing reliability, performance and scalability, CaseCentral enables a repeatable, defensible and, more importantly, measurable approach to eDiscovery.

CaseCentral eDiscovery Cloud™ Features and Benefits

Private cloud, SaaS delivery model allows law firms and corporations to bring eDiscovery processes in-house while empowering the necessary collaboration with users outside the firewall.

• Collaborate with confidence outside the firewall
• Instant–on, rather than long implementations
• Scale to terabytes on-demand, and ramp down just as quickly
• World class security far exceeds most firms and meets the scrutiny of F100 companies
• Real-time analytics of your eDiscovery processes and performance drivers delivered to an eDiscovery Dashboard

Enterprise-grade technology is the foundation of the CaseCentral eDiscovery Platform, meeting the strictest standards of some of the nation’s largest companies. From disaster recovery to N+1 architecture, CaseCentral’s clients can focus on their work at hand, knowing their data is safe and secure.

• Extensive N+1 deployment model ensures performance is maintained even as volumes escalate rapidly
• Component-based, multi-tenant architecture supports complex litigation and consistent regulatory response
• JAVA, Linux, JBoss, Oracle RAC, and Cisco software and hardware deliver enterprise-grade scalability and reliability

Disaster Recovery and Data Redundancy

• Primary and secondary data centers with storage–to–storage replication and redundant network connectivity prevent single point of failure
• Industry first Business Continuity Planning Protocol, ensures that core business processes are redundant and recoverable in an emergency
• SAS-70, OWASP and ISO/IEC 27002 compliance ensures enterprise-level compliance

Data, Network and Physical Security

• Proven industry-leading security infrastructure provides a robust and scalable multilayer security platform
• Enterprise-grade storage systems ensure uncompromised partitioning of client data, so critical client data is never co-mingled
• Strict chain-of-custody process from secure receipt to file verification and secure archiving; Cyclical "Security Wheel" approach delivers industry best practices
• 128-bit SSL encryption and firewalls are deployed at all network access points
• Documents are segregated by case and virus checks are run automatically on all incoming documents
• Access can be defined at the database, folder, document or field levels, for one or many users or groups
• Audit logs report on all user activity, providing visibility necessary to manage confidential content

CaseCentral Scalability

• Virtually unlimited active storage capacity for sudden spikes in case volumes
• Unlimited users means clients can ramp up at any point with no loss of performance
• No restriction on the number of parties is integral for multiple party cases, joint defense groups, and geographically disparate review teams