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Cost-Effective eDiscovery

With litigation and costs on the rise, organizations are getting serious about eDiscovery solutions. While some organizations have tried to address the challenge, only 23% of organizations have end-to-end solution to gather & filter data. In light of that, it’s not surprising that less than 20% are confident about accuracy, accessibility, and trustworthiness of data.
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The 451 Group's Digital Reef Impact Report

Published in December 2009, this 5 page report includes an in-depth analysis of Digital Reef by Nick Patience and Katey Wood from 451 Group, an independent technology-industry analyst company whose research makes sense of swiftly moving trends in the industry creating information technologies (IT) used by large and midsized organizations.
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The Information Governance Challenge

According to IDC, the amount of stored information will grow to nearly 1.8 zettabytes (1,800 exabytes) by 2011. Of that, at least 80% is unstructured content—the most difficult data to manage and leverage because it is stored across multiple systems (e.g. content management, email, file systems) with zero visibility into what it is. Learn more about the specific business issues caused by this lack of insight into information, as well as ways to stay on top of them.
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Mastering Unstructured Data

As organizations are expected to increase their performance with fewer resources and greater constraints, attending to data management—specifically the 85% which exists in unstructured forms like Word documents, PDF files, spreadsheets, and email—represents the single largest opportunity for positive economic return. Avoiding fines and waging efficient and effective legal battles can drive unprecedented costs savings; while tapping into existing knowledge stores can save money and introduce opportunities to expand the business. Download this whitepaper to learn how to implement effective unstructured data management that causes increases in revenue, profitability, and advantage go up, with decreased risks and costs.
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The Data Discovery Challenge

With data volumes increasing at such alarming rates, organizations are having a tough time answering three fundamental questions: What do I have? Where is it? How do I get it when I need it? Download "The Data Discovery Challenge" to see specifically how the Digital Reef Software Platform has been built to answer those questions.
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Gain Near-Term Benefits with Early Case Assessment

This white paper examines the cost and complexity of eDiscovery and provides a detailed look at early case assessment (ECA) –the challenges and the benefits of achieving ECA. It also provides an overview of the five key requirements for any effective ECA solution.
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Advancing the State of Unstructured Data Storage

This white paper explores traditional storage challenges—information discovery, storage reclamation, risk mitigation, and policy-based data management—and contemporary solutions for addressing those challenges. It was created to help storage managers decrease capital and operational expenses, while increasing their ability to respond to the organization's discovery requests.
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Governance, Risk and Compliance in Unstructured Data

This paper describes the challenges surrounding Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and unstructured data. It explains how Digital Reef—a platform for discovering and managing unstructured data—can abate those challenges.
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Navigating Unstructured Data

The professional blog of Steve Akers Founder & CTO Digital Reef. A highly successful entrepreneur, Steve has spent his career designing technology solutions that solve complicated, large scale business problems. He shares his thoughts on the problems of and solutions to Unstructured Data in this blog.
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Other Blogs and Websites of Interest

EDD Update
E-Discovery Team
Electronic Discovery
Unstructured Data Expert's Blog
Tony Asaro - Technology Matters
Tony Asaro's Blog Bytes
AmericanLawyer.Com