eDiscovery Daily Blog

• May 13, 2026

Jacob Hesse Byers – VP of  Professional Services and Support

In modern eDiscovery, speed matters. Legal teams are under increasing pressure to move large volumes of data from collection to review and production faster than ever before. At the same time, internal litigation support and discovery teams are managing growing workloads, tighter deadlines, and increasingly complex data environments.

The result is a challenge many organizations know well: processing becomes the bottleneck.

Whether it’s preparing data for review, imaging documents for production, generating searchable PDFs, or handling OCR and metadata extraction, processing requires both specialized technology and significant operational bandwidth. When internal teams are already stretched thin, even routine matters can create delays that impact the entire discovery workflow.

That is where CloudNine’s Processing as a Service delivers value.

A Flexible Approach to eDiscovery Processing

CloudNine’s Processing as a Service provides law firms, corporations, service providers, and litigation teams with a scalable solution for handling discovery processing workflows efficiently and predictably.

Powered by CloudNine LAW®, the trusted automated processing engine used across the industry for years, CloudNine helps customers move data quickly from collection into review, production, or downstream workflows without requiring additional internal infrastructure or staffing.

Rather than investing in expensive processing hardware, managing software maintenance, or diverting key personnel away from high-value work, organizations can leverage CloudNine’s experienced team and proven technology to handle processing tasks quickly and accurately.

The result is a streamlined path from raw data to actionable deliverables where the costs can be passed directly to the client.

Built for the Realities of Modern Discovery

No two matters are exactly alike. Different cases, investigations, and regulatory requests often require different output formats, review environments, and production specifications.

Some legal teams need native files and metadata loaded directly into a review platform. Others require image productions with OCR text. Some matters call for searchable PDFs with endorsements and Bates numbering. Others need structured exports compatible with third-party review applications.

CloudNine’s seasoned services teams provides Processing as a Service that is designed to support these evolving requirements with flexible delivery options, including:

• Native file exports
• Image exports including TIFF and JPG formats
• Extracted text
• OCR text generation
• Metadata extraction during processing
• Load-ready exports for popular review platforms
• Searchable PDF productions with endorsements
• Structured exports for downstream workflows and productions

Whether the destination is CloudNine Review®, another review application, opposing counsel, regulators, or a client production package, CloudNine can prepare data in the format required for the next stage of the workflow.

Reducing Operational Burdens for Litigation Teams

Modern discovery data is larger and more complex than ever before. Processing workflows frequently involve:

• Large-scale data volumes
• Mixed and legacy file types
• Imaging requirements
• OCR processing
• Exception handling
• Production formatting
• Metadata normalization
• Export validation

Managing these tasks internally can consume valuable time and resources, particularly when deadlines are tight or case activity spikes unexpectedly.

CloudNine’s Processing as a Service acts as a practical extension of internal discovery and litigation support teams, allowing organizations to scale processing operations without scaling infrastructure.

This approach helps organizations:

• Reduce pressure on internal teams
• Avoid infrastructure expansion costs
• Increase workflow predictability
• Accelerate time to review
• Meet production deadlines more efficiently
• Maintain consistency across matters
• Improve operational flexibility

For many organizations, outsourcing processing support is not simply about convenience. It is about creating operational agility in an environment where timelines and data volumes continue to increase.

When Processing Support Makes the Biggest Impact

Processing support can be especially valuable in situations where timing and scalability are critical.

Common scenarios include:

Large or Unexpected Data Volumes

When collections exceed internal processing capacity, even well-equipped teams can experience delays. CloudNine provides scalable processing resources that help organizations maintain momentum without disrupting other active matters.

Tight Production Deadlines

Productions often require imaging, OCR, endorsements, metadata validation, and load file creation under compressed timelines. CloudNine helps organizations fast-track these workflows while maintaining defensible processes.

Rapid Review Readiness

In many cases, legal teams need to move quickly from collection into review to support early case assessment, investigations, or active litigation. CloudNine accelerates this transition by delivering review-ready data efficiently and predictably.

Specialized Production Requirements

Certain matters require straight-to-PDF productions, endorsed documents, or exports compatible with specific review applications. CloudNine supports customized deliverables that align with client, court, or regulatory requirements.

Predictable Operational Support

Organizations seeking repeatable, consistent processing workflows can leverage CloudNine as an ongoing operational partner rather than managing fluctuating workloads internally.

SaaS Flexibility Without the Infrastructure Burden

One of the greatest advantages of CloudNine’s Processing as a Service model is flexibility.

Organizations gain access to enterprise-grade processing capabilities without:

• Purchasing and maintaining processing servers
• Managing software upgrades
• Scaling storage infrastructure
• Allocating internal processing specialists
• Supporting temporary spikes in workload demand

Instead, customers can utilize CloudNine’s established workflows, experienced personnel, and trusted technology stack as needed.

This allows litigation teams and service providers to focus internal resources on strategic legal work, client service, case analysis, and review management rather than operational processing tasks.

Should your business and environment grow to support managing this in-house, the CloudNine team can help you get the software and train the teams on doing this service themselves.

Trusted Technology with Practical Delivery

At the center of CloudNine’s Processing as a Service offering is LAW®, one of the industry’s most established eDiscovery processing technologies. LAW has long been trusted by legal professionals for its ability to process complex data sets efficiently while supporting imaging, OCR, metadata extraction, and production preparation workflows.

Combined with CloudNine’s practical service approach, customers receive more than just processing technology. They gain a partner focused on helping matters move forward.

Whether preparing data for review, generating productions, or supporting downstream discovery workflows, CloudNine delivers processing support designed around the operational realities legal teams face every day.

Moving Beyond the Bottleneck

In today’s discovery environment, organizations cannot afford workflow slowdowns caused by limited processing capacity or overstretched internal teams.

CloudNine’s Processing as a Service helps legal professionals accelerate discovery workflows, improve operational efficiency, and meet critical deadlines with confidence.

From native exports and OCR to searchable PDFs, imaging, metadata extraction, and production-ready deliverables, CloudNine provides scalable processing support designed to keep matters moving.

When processing becomes the bottleneck, CloudNine helps organizations move faster.

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