CommVault Involved in Electronic Discovery Reference Model and in The Sedona Conference RFP+ Vendor Panel

CommVault Collaborates with Industry-Leading Organizations to Continue Driving Awareness of Electronic Discovery:

• Advances Support for Electronic Discovery Reference Model
• Participates in The Sedona Conference RFP+ Vendor Panel

eDiscovery will play a significant role in enterprise computing as organizations deal with increased litigation and financial risk caused by the proliferation of electronically stored information (ESI). Furthering its commitment to the advancement of industry standards in eDiscovery and archiving, CommVault will participate in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), a foundational organization created to develop guidelines and standards for eDiscovery consumers and providers.

The EDRM provides a common, flexible and extensible framework for the development, selection, evaluation and use of eDiscovery products and services. CommVault joins more than 80 organizations in the EDRM that are focused on discovery management, with a particular emphasis on technology-based solutions.

With a long-standing history of advancing eDiscovery technology and many organizations already using the CommVault® Simpana® 7.0 Software suite to address the identification, collection, preservation (Legal Hold) and analysis of data, customers are assured that through CommVault’s participation in the EDRM, their evolving data and information management needs will be met as the move to adopt more stringent processes for storing ESI continues. Specifically, CommVault customers can benefit from CommVault’s efforts to reduce the cost, time and manual work associated with eDiscovery.

EDRM consists of a series of projects designed to educate eDiscovery consumers and providers, enable the integration of multiple e-discovery technologies and streamline eDiscovery processes. To help drive this awareness, CommVault is participating in the following initiatives:

• EDRM Evergreen — As part of this initiative, CommVault assists in ensuring that the EDRM remains current, practical and relevant to the industry as eDiscovery practices evolve. CommVault works to deliver solutions that address the various stages of the EDRM model while educating end-users on making effective use of the model.
• EDRM Metrics — This project provides an effective means of measuring the time, money and volumes associated with eDiscovery activities. As part of the Metrics model group, CommVault is helping create tracking, reporting and measurement protocols to assess e-discovery activities, and, to the extent metrics data becomes available, begin analysis of that data.
• EDRM Search — This project provides a framework for defining and managing various aspects of Search, as applied to the eDiscovery workflow. CommVault will share best practices around culling and locating ESI. By specifying the type of search, its behavior and expected results, CommVault can address the uncertainty and incompleteness sometimes associated with search related actions.

CommVault Participates in the RFP+ Vendor Panel of The Sedona Conference

• As an extension and further validation of CommVault’s expertise in the identification, preservation and collection of ESI, CommVault has become a member of The Sedona Conference RFP+ Vendor Panel, whose goal is to help users of eDiscovery vendors develop RFI’s and RFP’s in a manner that allows for more effective communication between user and vendor, enhanced ability to compare apples to apples, and ultimately, reduced transaction costs and more predictable outcomes.
• As a member of the RFP+ Vendor Panel, CommVault helps provide tools and guidance for end users submitting RFP’s for eDiscovery solutions. The seamless integration of eDiscovery functionality within the CommVault Simpana software suite further broadens CommVault’s ability to discover all types of data with a single unified console. Since its formation in 2004, The Sedona Conference RFP+ Sub Group has developed its Best Practices for the Selection of eDiscovery Vendors and The Sedona Conference Glossary (2005 versions and new, updated, 2007 versions), both of which have become standards in the industry. The RFP+ Vendor Panel as a group also consults with The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production on Commentaries and Guidelines related to eDiscovery including search and retrieval, quality control in the production of ESI, and related topics.
• The Sedona Conference is an internationally renowned, nonprofit, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) law & policy think-tank founded in 1997, dedicated to the advancement of law and policy in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation and intellectual property rights.

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"CommVault is pleased to extend its support to the EDRM project and commit more broadly to industry-wide initiatives such as The Sedona Conference. Our participation in the advancement of eDiscovery technology, particularly in reducing the risk, management and cost of all phases in the eDiscovery lifecycle, reflects our corporate commitment to solving the business challenges that our customers are most concerned with. Our customers can have the confidence that we offer the technology solutions they need to address their legal and litigation eDiscovery inquiries," said Mike Marchi, CommVault‘s vice president of product and segment marketing.

"We are pleased to add CommVault to our roster of EDRM participants — thought leaders working together to improve the electronic discovery industry. It is through the efforts of CommVault and the other EDRM participants that we are able to establish guidelines and set standards for addressing the issues raised by electronic discovery," said George J. Socha, president of Socha Consulting LLC and founder of the EDRM.

"The Sedona Conference RFP+ Vendor Panel was formed out of a desire to provide a forum for eDiscovery vendors to come together to help develop tools that are designed to allow them the ability to compete fairly on the basis of quality and cost in a manner transparent to the end user. In becoming an RFP+ Vendor Panel member, CommVault joins over 40 eDiscovery companies interested in improving communications in the marketplace between eDiscovery vendors and their customers, and to improve the quality and predictability of outcomes. We are looking forward to CommVault’s contribution to the dialogue engaged in by the RFP+ Vendor Panel working towards the common goal of finding win-win situations for eDiscovery vendors and their customers," said Richard G. Braman, Esq., founder and executive director of The Sedona Conference.