Stratify Adds Cloud Storage Services
December 9, 2008
On December 3, 2008, Stratify–a unit of Iron Mountain–announced new services for its thriving eDiscovery business. You can read the Stratify news release here. The core of the service is disaster recovery. Attorneys apparently have a need to make sure that the legions of attorneys who pour through electronic documents obtained as part of the discovery process can’t nuke the data. Stratify said:
To safeguard client eDiscovery data Stratify has invested in and deployed a fully replicated production datacenter with more than 250 terabytes of storage, 200 servers and redundant 100MB Internet access, coupled with highly trained personnel and security procedures.
Stratify (once did business as Purple Yogi) now wears a blue suit and polished shoes, no sneakers now. IDC’s Sue Feldman weighs in with an observation that the new service “raises the bar” for the companies competing for eDiscovery accounts.
Stratify’s news release added:
Stratify can restore access to client matters within four hours after a potential disaster, recover 100 percent of processed and loaded documents and system metadata, and lose no more than 59 minutes worth of review work product.
In my opinion, the eDiscovery sector is undergoing rapid change. The need for end-to-end solutions and bullet proof systems means that specialist vendors may be forced to add sophisticated new features in order to compete. The problem is that eDiscovery systems are selling to corporations. With the technology and market changing, well funded organizations with a strong client list may have an advantage. Stratify said that it had more than 250 matters underway at this time.
eDiscovery, like business intelligence, is becoming a magnet for search and content processing companies who want to find a way to pump up revenues.
Stephen Arnold, December 9, 2008
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