“Collection of ESI continues to be an extremely challenging phase of eDiscovery as it involves a need for direct data interaction coupled with the necessity of securely collecting and ultimately moving collected ESI into an eDiscovery platform for further evaluation,” highlighted Doug Austin, Vice President of Products and Services at CloudNine. “By automating the tedious and time-consuming tasks of finding and consolidating files and folders before collection and then automating the collection, ingestion, and processing phases of eDiscovery, CloudNine immediately and positively increases the effectiveness and economics of preservation and collection while removing risks associated with multiple instances of human intervention. Our customers have always asked for help in automating these critical first steps in the eDiscovery process, and we are delighted to be able to deliver them a targeted capability that can streamline their eDiscovery efforts, reduce their risk, and shorten the time to review in support of litigation, investigations, and audits.”