Kroll Ontrack With New Enterprise Email and File Archiving Solution

Kroll Ontrack, Inc. announced the launch of Ontrack Compass, a new enterprise e-mail and file archiving solution.

Leveraging unsurpassed legal and electronically stored information (ESI) expertise, Ontrack Compass allows legal and IT teams to proactively prepare for and effectively respond to litigation, investigations and regulatory requirements, saving organizations significant time and costs.

"Complying with e-discovery requests, increased government regulations and the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) is not only mandatory, but is also an increasingly costly, high-stakes endeavor. Organizations that are ill-prepared risk disposing potentially responsive data, which could result in significant financial consequences," said George May, vice president of product strategy, Kroll Ontrack. "Ontrack Compass addresses the pain points associated with managing and producing ESI by providing legal and IT with a flexible and easy-to-use tool that administers a legal hold or suspends document destruction. Backed by our trusted legal consulting and professional services experts, Kroll Ontrack is uniquely qualified to help organizations develop and enforce the parameters of their retention policies and ensure compliance with industry best practices."

Specifically, Ontrack Compass has the capacity and power to be deployed in very large implementations – even those with more than 100,000 e-mail users. The Ontrack Compass architecture is not limited by the constraints of a relational database, and can readily scale with significant increases in data volume and number of users. Furthermore, litigation holds can be applied in a granular fashion, enabling Ontrack Compass users to easily release non-relevant data, thereby reducing the risk of retaining information that is no longer needed. Pairing this capability with the tool’s compression and de-duplication technology minimizes an organization’s overall data footprint and potentially reduces the volume of information identified for discovery, creating litigation cost savings.

In addition to the Ontrack Compass tool, organizations have access to industry-leading ESI Consultants as well as a full-service Professional Services team. With extensive experience in heavily regulated and litigated industries, Kroll Ontrack ESI Consultants can assist clients with document retention and litigation response readiness policies and schedules while implementing Ontrack Compass. Ontrack Compass Professional Services provide comprehensive implementation support including full installation, configuration, customization, deployment, and ongoing customer and technical services. Ontrack Compass in conjunction with Kroll Ontrack consulting and services provides organizations with a complete information governance solution to reduce risks and manage regulatory compliance, retention policies and litigation preparedness. For matters that move into litigation and require e-discovery, Kroll Ontrack offers a full suite of industry-leading products and services across the electronic discovery reference model (EDRM) for seamless matter conclusion.

Ontrack Compass is available in the United States.