PORTLAND, Ore (July 25, 2005) – Fios® Inc., a tier-one provider of IT-enabled electronic discovery services, and eMag Solutions, the industry leader in data restoration services, today announced a strategic partnership that will combine eMag Solutions’ core competency in tape processing and restoration with Fios’ end-to-end electronic discovery solutions. The joint partnership is designed to deliver the most comprehensive suite of services – from data restoration through each phase of electronic discovery to final production to requesting parties. The combined services are designed to meet the varied needs of client engagements of all types and sizes – quickly, efficiently and economically.
“Data restoration is often an essential precursor to electronic discovery and must be done quickly and in a legally defensible manner. This process can be expensive and quite complex,” said Tom O’Connor, industry expert and director of the Legal Electronic Document Institute. “eMag Solutions has developed innovative solutions for a smooth, integrated workflow with downstream processing activities. The combination of eMag’s expertise with the comprehensive electronic discovery services offered by Fios represents a win-win combination for the legal industry.”
eMag has been specializing in accessing complex data from a wide variety of archived sources for over 30 years. This expertise, combined with Fios’ years of experience collecting, processing, reviewing and producing potentially responsive data, while maintaining a legally defensible audit trail, is critical for the success of today’s complex electronic discovery engagements.
“Our core competence is in tape processing and the ability to restore data non-natively,” said Brendan Sullivan, president of eMag Solutions. “This is an ideal fit with Fios’ comprehensive electronic discovery solutions. We’ve experienced tremendous success in the projects we’ve jointly completed and look forward to working with Fios to meet the current and future needs of both our clients.”
“eMag Solutions is hands down one of the clear leaders in the tape restoration market,” said Gerald Massey, president and CEO of Fios. “As a direct competitor to other tape restoration companies, like Renew Data and NDC, Fios chose to partner with eMag Solutions for its proven ability to access data from a variety of archived sources and reduce business risk for the company’s global clients. This partnership also further extends Fios’ ability to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive, end-to-end, technology-enabled electronic discovery and discovery management services.”
About Fios Inc.
Fios Inc. is a tier-one provider of electronic discovery and discovery management services. Serving the legal community since 1999, Fios gives litigation support teams, outside counsel and in-house counsel greater control over litigation response and electronic discovery processes. Fios provides complete visibility into potentially responsive data, allowing clients to collect, process, review and produce massive amounts of electronic documents while maintaining a legally defensible audit trail. Fios’ proprietary data collection, processing and Web-based review technologies are based on an in-depth knowledge of litigation and information technology, enabling fast, efficient and cost-effective discovery response. Fios is also the principal sponsor of the leading Internet portals for electronic discovery, at www.discoveryresources.org, and compliance, at www.complianceresources.org. Headquartered in Portland, Ore., Fios is backed by top investors, including 3i, Banyan Capital Partners, Digital Partners, FBR CoMotion and Fluke Venture Partners, and has offices throughout the continental United States. For more information about the company and its services, visit http://www.fiosinc.com.
For more information, contact:
Debbie Caldwell
Public Relations Manager, Fios Inc.
503-265-0775
dcaldwell@fiosinc.com
Fios and Fios products are trademarks of Fios Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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