Link to press release:  FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Tricom Document Management (Tricom), a company specializing in the electronic management of legacy and current documents for a global clientele, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Apex Document Solutions (Apex), a full service national provider of litigation support services for legal professionals. Read the rest of this entry »

Link to press release:  Electronic discovery leader enhances data recovery services

Atlanta, GA (January 11, 2008) - eMag Solutions, LLC, a leading international provider of electronic discovery services and data transformation solutions, today announced the company’s acquisition of Titusville, FL-based Innovative Technology Concepts (ITC.). ITC performs specialized data recovery from Microsoft Exchange Database files. In addition, ITC provides a comprehensive set of Microsoft Exchange Server recovery services and support for disaster recovery situations. Read the rest of this entry »

Link to press release:  Transaction Positions Deloitte FAS to Provide Complete Discovery Solution to its Clients

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP (Deloitte FAS) announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Barrasso Consulting LLC (Barrasso), a firm specializing in planning and executing litigation discovery programs, to further enhance Deloitte FAS’ existing national Forensic & Dispute Services practice. Read the rest of this entry »

Link to press release:  January 8, 2008 at 11 a.m. Mountain Time - Microsoft announced this morning it has to agreed to acquire FAST Search & Transfer for USD$1.2 billion.  For Microsoft, it acquires technology that fills many of the gaps in its own enterprise search offerings; and for FAST, this deal yields a rapid exit from what various media and analysts have viewed as a downward spiral for the Oslo, Norway, enterprise search firm.

But where does that leave customers, both old and new?  Through first-hand knowledge and its conversations with customers, prospects, partners and industry observers, ISYS is well aware of the implementation difficulties companies have had with both Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and FAST’s own technology.  While we don’t believe in a magic pill when it comes to these types of solutions, we also don’t feel customers should have to invest countless months, resources and money on something that should begin earning a return almost immediately. Read the rest of this entry »

Link to press release:  REDMOND, Wash., and OSLO, Norway, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) today announced that it will make an offer to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA (OSE: “FAST”), a leading provider of enterprise search solutions, through a cash tender offer for 19.00 Norwegian kroner (NOK) per share. This offer represents a 42 percent premium to the closing share price on Jan. 4, 2008 (the last trading day prior to this announcement), and values the fully diluted equity of FAST at 6.6 billion NOK (or approximately $1.2 billion U.S.). FAST’s board of directors has unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the offer. In addition, shareholders representing in aggregate 35 percent of the outstanding shares, including FAST’s two largest institutional shareholders, Orkla ASA and Hermes Focus Asset Management Europe, have irrevocably undertaken to accept the offer. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of calendar year 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Link to press release, December 5, 2007:  Professional services firm Deloitte today announced a doubling in size of its Computer Forensic and Electronic Discovery group through a merger with the highly regarded firm Forensic Data®.

Forensic Data® is Australia’s longest serving company specialising in data recovery, data conversion, electronic discovery and computer forensics and is widely acknowledged as an industry leader in its field. Read the rest of this entry »

Link to blog entry posted by Mark Reichenbach on On the Mark, December 6, 2007:

It’s a good day here at On the Mark.

Let me explain why.

One of the many challenges a start-up company faces in its efforts to gain market traction is the nagging perception (and many times the reality) that its lack of size and resources present unique risks a customer would not likely encounter in doing business with a larger, more well-established competitor—regardless of how much better the start-up company’s technology and product offering may be.

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Link to press release:  Enhances Services Mission to Help Businesses Protect and Manage their Valuable Data

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-December 6, 2007-Today, Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire MetaLINCS, a technology leader in the fast-growing E-Discovery market. MetaLINCS’s innovative, patent-pending software helps companies respond to litigation and regulatory issues that require them to search large volumes of electronic data for relevant information. MetaLINCS will become part of the Seagate Services Group and support its mission to help business customers protect and manage valuable company information. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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News article by Chris Preimesberger posted on eWeek.com, October 31, 2007: The acquisition of its former partner will improve Iron Mountain’s services portfolio.

Data protection and storage provider Iron Mountain announced Oct. 31 plans to acquire Stratify, a provider of advanced electronic discovery services for the legal market, for approximately $158 million in cash, filling a need in its product line….

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Press release:  Acquisition redefines information risk management

Cambridge, England – 24 July 2007 - Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of ZANTAZ, Inc., a global leader in content archiving and electronic discovery solutions. Read the rest of this entry »