E-Discovery Application for iPhone and iPad May Aid Administrator's Responsiveness

By Stephanie Jordan
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The iPad continues to flood the market as, according to Apple in late June, three million iPads have sold in the 80 days since its introduction in the U.S. Despite reported reception problems, iPhone 4 is likewise streaming into the world, with more than 1.7 million iPhone 4 devices sold through June 26, a mere three days after its launch. With such numbers (that continue to grow daily), it is no wonder that such consumer-oriented products are coming into the workplace.

For those organizations that use the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform, Clearwell Systems, Inc. announced this week the launch of iClearwell, which the company calls the industry’s first electronic discovery companion application available for iPhone and iPad.

“One of the easiest ways to drive workforce productivity is to provide application access to remote and distributed employees,” comments Brian Babineau, senior consulting analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. “This is especially true in electronic discovery, where deadlines are increasingly aggressive. By providing access to its robust application and facilitating increased collaboration within the electronic discovery process, iClearwell allows a unique flexibility to manage cases remotely, generating substantial time savings in completing initial analysis and first pass reviews. These are benefits that companies cannot afford to pass up.”

iClearwell allows access to the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform from an iPhone or iPad. With iClearwell, users of the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform can access, configure, and view the status of cases and servers while on the go. Users can manage the list of cases on each server; monitor processing status and statistics for all cases; start, stop, or view the status of any task, such as production or backup tasks; and also email log files. iClearwell offers granularity in that users can view system-specific settings such as the cases, tasks, and users on each server and also view case-specific settings such as data sources, tasks, users, and productions.

“E-Discovery is an inherently complex business process, and with the growth of the mobile workforce, it will become increasingly beneficial to have the ability to manage cases remotely in order to maintain fluidity among the entire case team,” said Kamal Shah, VP of products and marketing at Clearwell. “With the release of iClearwell, we are able to arm Clearwell administrators with increased responsiveness and greater control by allowing them the flexibility to respond immediately, anytime, anywhere as they work to meet critical E-Discovery deadlines.”

The iClearwell application is currently available in the iTunes store.

Published July 15, 2010