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Catalyst Announces Partnership with Smarsh
News 2010
Industry leading vendors partner to provide end-to-end offering for compliance, investigations and litigation.New York, NY (LegalTech), February 1, 2010-Catalyst Repository Systems, a leading provider of scalable, multi-language document repositories for electronic discovery, today announced a strategic partnership and integration with Smarsh, Inc., the managed service leader in secure and reliable email archiving and compliance solutions. The integration enables Smarsh users to export their email archives directly into Catalyst CR for processing and document review. Additionally, Catalyst CR users now have access to a fully integrated email archiving and compliance system. "Eighty percent of the data we work with is email or related to email,"said TJ Gill, VP of Sales at Catalyst. "The integration with Smarsh provides our clients with the ability to move seamlessly from email retention and management to document processing, early case assessment review and production. This drastically reduces the cost and time associated with collections, processing and review," he added. The Smarsh email archiving system captures and preserves every email that enters or leaves an organization. Authorized users can search their email archive via the Web-based Smarsh Management Console using extensive criteria, including specific custodians, keywords and date ranges. After their criteria are selected, users can then export their data into Catalyst CR for electronic discovery and document review. Once the data is exported from Smarsh, it is automatically loaded into Catalyst's Fast Track Processing platform where more than 100 automated steps are performed to prepare the data for loading and indexing in CR, providing a truly end-to-end platform spanning the entire Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) from information retention and management to production. "Many of our clients are looking for a way to simplify their electronic discovery process and reduce the burden associated with expensive over-collection,"added Gill. "Smarsh is the leader in hosted email management and we are thrilled to be offering this integration to our partners and clients." "We are excited to help Catalyst clients save money in e-discovery and take a proactive approach to email management,"said Sam Kolbert-Hyle, vice president of business development and strategic initiatives at Smarsh. "Thirty-five cents on every dollar spent on litigation is spent on e-discovery. As costs continue to rise, we are pleased to offer organizations of all sizes options to dramatically reduce e-discovery costs and unnecessary litigation through early case assessment and risk management." About SmarshSmarsh is the managed service leader in secure, innovative and reliable email-archiving solutions for message compliance and records retention, proactive litigation readiness and mail server data management. The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model enables clients to eliminate IT infrastructure costs and minimize operating burden, while benefiting from Smarsh's expertise and experience in hosting large volumes of mission-critical client data. Customizable solutions fit the needs, budgets and technological infrastructure of any organization and are matched with unrivaled customer support and service. About CatalystCatalyst Repository Systems is a leading technology company providing secure, scalable document repositories for electronic discovery and other complex legal matters. For over a decade, corporations and their counsel have relied on Catalyst to control litigation costs and make review teams more effective. Our systems and supporting services cover the heart of the litigation lifecycle-from processing and analytics, to search, review, production and trial. Catalyst delivers its software directly and through a global partner network that offers consulting, collection, project management and forensic services. The company manages hundreds of servers in two data centers and has hosted for many of the largest organizations in the world, including five of the world's 10 largest companies, four of the nation's 10 largest insurers and 80 of the nation's 100 largest law firms. Media Contact:Chelsey Lehman Ken Anderson |