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Relativity's Analytics and Search Platform Offers Scalability, Flexibility, and Ease-of-Use for RenewData's Corporate, Law Firm, and Government Clients

AUSTIN, TX -April 30, 2009 - RenewData, a leading provider of services for the discovery, archiving, and governance of electronically stored information (ESI), today announced it has partnered with kCura Corporation to host Relativity, the powerful, flexible and easy-to-use web-based litigation support platform for document review and management. The addition of Relativity to RenewData's suite of e-discovery and archiving solutions will provide RenewData clients with an additional review solution choice to meet their specific requirements.

Relativity features a powerful and unique set of concept search and categorization tools, which will enable legal teams to quickly and easily find relevant documents and validate review decisions for production. It delivers maximum flexibility through a customizable workflow component, which can establish processes and rules to fully manage the review process from initial relevancy to review and production. The secure, online interface can be proficiently used with minimal training and provides an environment for clients, counsel, contract attorneys, experts, and vendors to work collaboratively in one data and document management solution. The Relativity platform supports native review, native imaging and TIFF images, being equally adept at both native-based and image-based review.

"Law firms, corporations and government agencies of all sizes look to us for their e-discovery needs – from collection to production," said Rich Cohen, Executive Vice President of Legal Services at RenewData. "With the addition of the Relativity platform, we are able to offer our clients a variety of solutions to meet their needs. Relativity meets the power, scalability, and foreign language support requirements of large multi-national firms and enterprises, while still offering the flexibility and ease-of-use required by small and medium sized organizations. The addition of Relativity to our information governance platform will also enable our clients to lower their risk and costs further as they can come to one service provider to meet all their information governance needs."

"RenewData is well known in the industry for their technology, speed and scalability. Adding Relativity to their solution set will further enhance RenewData's e-discovery service offering while introducing new time and cost efficiencies to their process," said Andrew Sieja, CEO of kCura. "RenewData's team of knowledgeable e-discovery experts and state-of-the-art, highly secure processing facility combined with Relativity's powerful solution platform, unique analytic capabilities and ease-of-use provides an unbeatable solution that can easily meet the search and review requirements of any organization."

RenewData is planning to integrate Relativity directly into their technology platform, which will allow clients to access documents sooner in the overall review process. RenewData provides its law firm, corporate and government agency clients with a full range of e-discovery services from planning through production, as well as data migration, ESI risk management, and archiving services. Plus, RenewData's legal and IT expertise, defensible chain-of-custody, and highly secure facility help ensure the client's data is handled in a legally defensible manner. Since the Relativity platform is hosted at RenewData, client's critical evidence never needs to leave the facility.

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Austin, Texas, April 17, 2009 — RenewData, a leading provider of services for the discovery, archiving, and governance of electronically stored information (ESI), today announced it has appointed Rich Cohen to lead the company’s marketing efforts and has promoted Brian Brown and Danny Aga to lead the company’s forensic services. These transitions are an integral part of the company’s continued focus to deliver optimal client satisfaction and the services necessary to establish a more proactive approach to litigation readiness and information governance.

Rich Cohen, currently Executive Vice President of Legal Services, will continue to lead RenewData's external activities and client services functions, as well as the marketing efforts including press and analyst relations, product marketing, and corporate marketing functions. Bringing the marketing function within Cohen’s team will enable streamlined efforts and ensure the appropriate e-discovery, ESI risk management, archiving, and information governance services and strategies are met for every client. Cohen joined RenewData in May 2008 and previously served as the Senior Vice President & Managing Director of Legal Services at a large legal services organization where he was actively involved in the administration of complex litigation and large bankruptcies. In addition, he has been the COO of Integrex Professional Claims Services, and General Counsel at Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power Companies. Cohen is also active in various industry organizations including the American Corporate Counsel Association, American Bar Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

“Our marketing team is very well positioned to deliver exceptional field level support while also remaining focused on the longer term initiative with information governance," said Steven Horan, CEO for RenewData. “I am confident that our current and future client technology and delivery capabilities are rooted in client and market needs, while Rich’s experience and knowledge will further enable us to continue enhancing and providing the most cost effective client solutions with the highest standard of quality.”

As Senior Client Advisors, Brown and Aga actively manage and conduct RenewData’s forensic acquisitions and investigations. Both Brown and Aga will be performing forensic imaging and analysis for numerous, high profile RenewData clients.

“RenewData’s forensic services are a core capability and integral part of our strategy,” said Horan. “Our clients are increasingly relying upon us to conduct their most sensitive forensic tasks. The forensic experience and knowledge that Brian and Danny possess are critical to the growth and continuation of these service offerings and I’m proud to have them running these services for RenewData. Having them on our team gives us a great competitive advantage.”

Brown has been with RenewData for nearly five years, previously serving in various capacities including Director of IT and Director of Corporate Security. Brown’s certifications include licensed Private Investigator in the state of Texas, EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM) and Mobile Phone Seizure Certification (MPSC). Prior to RenewData, Brown worked for Complete Data Solutions, Stayhealthy.com Inc, and Dell Computer.

Aga has been with RenewData for nearly five years and was formerly the Special Projects Supervisor in RenewData’s process engineering department. Prior to RenewData, Aga worked as an independent IT consultant, as well as for Dell Computer as a Software QA Analyst. Aga’s certifications and advanced courses include licensed Private Investigator in the state of Texas, Mobile Phone Seizure Certification (MPSC), EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), EnCase Advanced Internet Examinations, EnCase NT File System and Artifacts, and EnCase Intermediate Analysis and Reporting.

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Accomplished enterprise technologist and strategist to direct RenewData’s delivery of leading-edge information governance offering

Austin, Texas, April 15, 2009 — RenewData, a leading provider of services for the discovery, archiving, and governance of electronically stored information (ESI), today announced that Doyal Alexander has joined the executive management team as chief technology officer. Alexander will be leading development of RenewData’s technology strategy and ensuring the delivery of innovative, leading-edge capabilities to drive RenewData’s competitive advantage. The appointment of this highly experienced executive further supports the company’s strategy to develop its next generation Information Governance offering, enabling clients to proactively manage all data across the organization.

“Doyal brings a wealth of experience in developing and leading enterprise architecture and software applications technology to our executive management team, and I look forward to utilizing his skills as we further develop our information governance services,” said Steven Horan, CEO of RenewData. “Under his direction, the IT and engineering teams will work to accelerate the business strategy and to further align the technology team with today’s market demands. Doyal’s technical, leadership, and character strengths will be instrumental to the success of this aggressive development initiative we are undertaking.”

Doyal Alexander joins RenewData with over 15 years of leadership and management experience and is recognized for his extensive enterprise architecture domain knowledge, as well as for his ability to consistently increase business value through the application of appropriate technology solutions. Alexander is responsible for RenewData’s IT infrastructure and business application development, support, and maintenance, including client support and information security. Prior to joining RenewData, Alexander held key leadership positions for Securus Technologies, Blockbuster, and Capital One, and has provided management and IT consulting to multiple companies in the manufacturing, healthcare, retail, finance, and technology services industries such as e-commerce, managed services, SaaS, and telecommunications.
 

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This whitepaper will provide businesses and their outside counsel a thorough understanding of what eDiscovery is and why it is pertinent to bankruptcy proceedings. Our experts reveal what kinds of data are most relevant, best practices for responding to an eDiscovery request, the importance of being proactive, and buying strategies to employ in difficult economic times. You'll learn how eDiscovery is bursting onto the scene for bankruptcy proceedings, new tools and best practices that can help you lower risk and cost, how you can drive efficiencies into the process, steps you can take right now to prepare yourself, and how your peers approach eDiscovery.

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Date:
April 22, 2009

Time:
1:00 PM Central Time / (2:00 PM Eastern Time)

Speakers:
Bob Little, Chief Marketing Officer
RenewData

Barclay T. Blair , Director of Information Governance
Forensics Consulting Solutions

Joe Garber, Senior Director of Product Marketing
RenewData

Cut Costs & Risks Now: How Smart Archiving & Governance Can Relieve Corporate Stress is a free webinar that will take a look at the many challenges of managing growing volumes of electronically stored information (ESI), and how companies can lower their risks. Our experts, including one of the industry's premier thought leaders on information governance, will examine the different types of archiving solutions one should consider in today's market.

• During this webinar you will learn about: Best practices for formulating retention policies and enforcing legal holds
• Steps you can take right now so that you are prepared for eDiscovery in advance
• What to look for in an archiving solution
• A new way to archive that will lower your risk and costs

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Vendors selected for the "Cool Vendor report" are innovative, impactful, and intriguing

Austin, Texas, March 17, 2009 — RenewData, a leading provider of services for the discovery, archiving, and governance of electronically stored information (ESI), today announced it has been included in the list of"Cool Vendors" in the Gartner "Cool Vendors in Archiving, 2009" March 2009 report by Carolyn DiCenzo, Kenneth Chin, and Adam W. Couture. The report highlights key vendors that have entered the archiving market with new storage options and services that make archiving more cost-effective and eases the migration of older data.

RenewData's Data Migration services give organizations the ability to migrate and consolidate historical data into a new archive solution to a new one to create a centralized repository for legal discovery. RenewData utilizes its proprietary technology to extract data from various media, then de-duplicates the data, and converts it into a format that can be easily ingested by the new email platform. Once data is migrated into the new archive, organizations are then able to apply legal holds and retention policies on the historical data and eliminate the records that are not under legal hold or that have exceeded retention requirements. RenewData's repeatable, defensible chain-of-custody process is used for all migrations to ensure data integrity. Most archiving software is supported, including RenewData's own ActiveVault® Evidence Archive. In addition, RenewData has strategic partnerships with many of the top archiving software providers in the space including Symantec, Google, Mimosa, AXS-One, and ZipLip.

Key findings of the Gartner "Cool Vendors in Archiving 2009" report included, "Ingesting e-mail and file data stored on backup tapes into the corporate archiving system will enable tape retirement and more-efficient management of historical data. Service providers that provide special tools not only speed ingestion, but also provide a defendable process that may be required if data is being restored for discovery purposes."

"We believe that being named a 'Cool Vendor' by Gartner is evidence that our strategy to provide organizations with proactive services for litigation readiness and information governance is right on target," said Steven Horan, CEO of RenewData. "As organizations continue to look for ways to effectively deal with the management of both current and historical data to meet regulatory and litigation requirements, RenewData's ESI Risk Management and Evidence Archiving solutions, including ActiveVault will enable more effective management of all data in their organizations which continues to grow exponentially."

RenewData's Data Migration Service and ActiveVault Evidence Archive are an essential part of RenewData's strategy of addressing the growing requirement for ESI Risk Management (ESIRM™) and Information Governance solutions. Organizations are increasingly in need of ways to help them more effectively manage all data and information across their organization, as well as manage the risks associated with the data. The Gartner "Cool Vendors in Archiving 2009" report can be accessed by clicking here.

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eDiscovery in Bankruptcy Cases

This webinar provides businesses and their outside counsel a thorough understanding of what eDiscovery is and why it is pertinent to bankruptcy proceedings. Our experts reveal what kinds of data are most relevant, best practices for responding to an eDiscovery request, the importance of being proactive, and buying strategies to employ in difficult economic times. You'll learn how eDiscovery is bursting onto the scene for bankruptcy proceedings, new tools and best practices that can help you lower risk and cost, how you can drive efficiencies into the process, steps you can take right now to prepare yourself, and how your peers approach eDiscovery.

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Regional Sales Directors Will Serve the E-Discovery, Archiving, and Data Governance Needs of Law Firms and Corporations in Western U.S.

Austin, Texas. February 12, 2009 — RenewData, a leading provider of e-discovery and electronically stored information risk management (ESIRM™) services today announced it has added two new regional sales directors, Andy Chaffee and Alex Lubarsky, to its sales team. The two will lead RenewData’s growth of the Western Region with Chaffee based in Los Angeles and Lubarsky in San Francisco. The appointment of these highly experienced sales executives to the region is a move which will further support the company’s strategy to provide clients with the e-discovery, archiving, and data governance services necessary to proactively approach litigation readiness.

“Both Andy and Alex possess a wealth of experience assisting law firms and corporations with their legal, technical, and e-discovery needs,” said Rich Cohen, Executive Vice President of Legal Solutions at RenewData. “Their knowledge in these areas is instrumental to the satisfaction of our clients and Andy’s and Alex’s experience will be greatly beneficial to these organizations, as well as to RenewData. We are pleased they are joining the RenewData team and are confident they will both excel at meeting the e-discovery, archiving, and data governance needs of RenewData clients in the region.”

Chaffee joins RenewData with over 17 years sales experience in the high tech software and services industry, most recently with Compuware where he focused on selling integrated solutions for enterprise IT into the legal industry for the past three years. He consistently exceeded his quotas at Compuware, as well as at similar positions with Tivoli/IBM. Chaffee also spent several years at a high tech start up selling Internet-based, collaborative support solutions to large technology corporations such as Sybase and Microsoft. Chaffee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University.

Lubarsky possesses nearly 15 years experience in the legal and technology industries, including Guidance Software, Lexis-Nexis, Fios, and Zantaz. While at Guidance Software he was responsible for leading a direct and channel sales team in successfully bringing in a substantial percentage of the company’s revenue and was instrumental in moving the company to sell directly through law firms for civil suit cases. Lubarsky is an accomplished speaker and author, has been published in Law Technology News and the ACCA Journal, and has taught law office automation and e-discovery university courses for the past 12 years. He has also been elected to the State Bar of California Executive Committee on Legal Technology for the past five years, holding various offices in that committee. Lubarsky holds both a Master of Laws degree and a Juris Doctorate from Golden Gate University.

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 Joint Services Help Organizations Tackle Email Management, Backup Tapes, and M&A Activity

Austin, Texas and Phoenix, AZ – February 4, 2009 - RenewData®, a leading provider of e-discovery and electronically stored information risk management (ESIRM™) services and FCS Information Governance (FCS IG), a premier provider of information governance consulting services, today announced three joint service offerings to help facilitate information governance and enable organizations to better manage electronically stored information in the event of litigation, investigation, and M&A activity.

The joint services include Backup Tape Remediation, M&A Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration, and Email Management and Archiving offerings. These new services combine the e-discovery, media extraction and processing, and evidence archiving technology of RenewData, with the professional services expertise of FCS IG to help organizations take control of their electronically stored information in a proactive and legally defensible manner.

The Backup Tape Remediation Service and the M&A Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration Service both utilize RenewData's Backup Tape Liability Management (BTLM®) Service, which enables corporations to know what type of data exists in their organization and where it resides. The service encompasses several steps including a physical media audit, shipping services, chain-of-custody inventory, container classification, and data separation and de-duplication. FCS IG uses the information gained from RenewData’s BTLM service to help the client make informed and defensible decisions about the organization’s backup tapes, such as the amount to cull and ensuring the content is managed in accordance with the organization’s legal obligations.

FCS IG’s in-depth expertise in many highly regulated vertical markets including banking, along with its substantive knowledge in the area of information governance is leveraged to provide the M&A Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration Service. Whether pre- or post-merger, the information gained from RenewData’s BTLM service is used to assist with M&A activity such as, due diligence or collection and merging of the acquired company’s historical data and ensuring continued compliance with legal requirements.

“Managing the dormant liability present with email and back-up tapes is a critical issue with M&A activity,” said Rich Cohen, Executive Vice President of Legal Solutions at RenewData. “The joint expertise and technology of both organizations will greatly facilitate and ensure all relevant sources of electronically stored information in an organization are identified for preservation and production when required. Both of these services will greatly benefit our clients by reducing potential legal liability and exposure from data that is unknown and unmanaged, and will provide a defensibly sound chain-of-custody procedure in the event of litigation.”

The Email Management and Archiving service combines the email policy and compliance expertise of FCS IG with the industry-leading email archiving technology and services from RenewData. FCS IG will assist organizations with development of an email management needs assessment, development of an email retention policy and implementation plan, and a legacy email remediation plan. The service then utilizes ActiveVault, RenewData’s evidence archiving solution, to enable an organization to search, cull, review, and manage their data through a secure web browser interface. ActiveVault also provides early case assessment (ECA) tools, and enables an organization to consistently manage corporate retention policies and facilitate legal holds.

“Email management is a significant challenge for today’s organizations with laws, regulations, standards, and internal retention policies demanding email be properly maintained,” said Barclay Blair, Director of Forensic Consulting Solutions’ Information Governance practice. “In addition, e-discovery requests and legal holds are requiring ever-increasing volumes of email be preserved. Our joint services will enable organizations to establish retention policies, as well as help them establish a technology platform that enables these policies to be implemented and complied with across the organization.”  

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