eDiscovery Collection & Preservation

AccessData is the leading provider of forensically sound data acquisition products, and its enterprise-class eDiscovery technology enables automated collection and forensically sound preservation of electronically stored information from custodian computers, laptops, servers, network shares and structured data repositories across the enterprise. So our experts are equipped to handle even the most massive collection requirements quickly, efficiently and defensibly.

Before actually collecting, AccessData experts can audit your data universe to perform an early data assessment, which will give you a realistic picture of how much data the legal matter involves, how many assets custodian data resides on, and allow you to refine or expand your search requirements, if necessary.

We provide you with further control over your collection with our smart-target search capabilities. With AccessData, you have the option of collecting only potentially relevant documents, or acquiring all custodian-created documents, as you see fit. Regardless, once collected, AccessData’s processing and web-based analysis capabilities will ensure that the data set is effectively culled to control your attorney review and hosting costs.

COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION DETAILS…

• Pre-collection auditing, early data assessment and planning allows you to realistically project the cost and time required to address your legal matter.
• We can provide either on-site or remote forensic collection of ESI.
• We are able to forensically collect from workstations, laptops, network shares, email servers, databases and 30+ structured data repositories, including SharePoint, Enterprise Vault and Documentum.
• You choose whether you want to collect only relevant electronically stored information using advanced searching and filtering, or collect all custodian-created data.
• Our technology creates native PSTs and NSFs from email servers.
• When doing subsequent collections for the same custodians, we are able to collect only the data that has been altered since our last collection.
• When it is necessary to collect from custodians that are not in the office, our Smart Restart functionality automatically resumes a collection at the point of interruption when a computer goes offline and then re-connects, even during keyword searches. It supports multiple interruptions over long periods of time. It will also scan the entire system looking for any files that have been added or modified since the time of interruption.
• In addition, to collecting ESI, AccessData also provides backup tape extraction and media conversion. This data can be indexed with the ESI for attorney review via our web interface.