Exterro Joins Symantec Technology Enabled Partner Program (STEP)
Exterro Partners With Symantec to Provide Corporations With a Unified Approach to the Legal Hold Process
| Source: Exterro, Inc.
PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - April 7, 2009) - Exterro, the legal industry's most trusted
provider of software solutions, today announced that Exterro, with its
Fusion e-discovery platform, is now participating in the Symantec
Technology Enabled Program (STEP). Exterro has joined STEP to integrate
their Fusion Legal Hold solution with Symantec Enterprise Vault and
Symantec Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator. With Exterro's
participation in STEP, legal and IT teams will be able to bridge the gap
between technology and legal processes by providing companies with a
comprehensive, unified approach to legal hold management. In the future,
enterprises will be able to meet their e-discovery requirements while
mitigating associated risks and reducing costs.
"Together, Exterro and Symantec will provide a streamlined approach to
e-discovery for our customers by delivering a highly defensible workflow
strategy and a failsafe IT infrastructure," said Bobby Balachandran, CEO of
Exterro, Inc. "Symantec's deep experience in archiving and information
management provides a solid foundation for corporations looking to
implement our world-class Fusion Legal Hold solution, allowing legal teams
to get even deeper into their information base."
By integrating Fusion Legal Hold with Discovery Accelerator and Enterprise
Vault, companies will gain a unified approach to today's complex
e-discovery requirements, such as the amended Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, as well as a proactive approach to increased scrutiny by federal
regulators and shareholders.
Symantec Enterprise Vault with Discovery Accelerator delivers
market-leading e-mail, SharePoint, IM file archiving and e-discovery
technology, to build policy-driven, cost-effective and litigation-ready
e-discovery processes. Exterro's Fusion Legal Hold, built atop Exterro's
award-winning Fusion workflow platform, provides legal teams with a
comprehensive workflow management solution for litigation holds. Fusion
Legal Hold proactively and efficiently manages workflows and business
processes around legal holds, from inception to release. The combination of
the two solutions will help clients match up the business processes and the
data management involved in successful, defensible and efficient
e-discovery processes.
About Exterro
Exterro, Inc. is the recognized leader for legal governance, risk and
compliance management software solutions. Exterro's solutions enable legal
teams to control risks, reduce costs, enforce compliance and streamline
processes by tightening collaboration between outside counsel, in-house
legal teams, cross-platform business units, service providers and experts.
Exterro pioneered e-discovery workflow management technology, and continues
to expand its innovative Fusion suite of applications
-- Genome: Dynamic Data Map 2.0, Legal Hold, Discovery Workflow Management
and FusionGo. The complete Fusion platform provides an end-to-end risk
assessment and information management solution. Regardless of industry or
system environment, Fusion easily integrates seamlessly with existing
business processes and enterprise systems. Exterro solutions assure
regulatory compliance and create sustainable ROI. Headquartered in
Portland, Oregon, Exterro has operations across the United States and
abroad. For more information, visit www.exterro.com, or contact the company
directly at +1 877-398-3776. You may also follow Exterro on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/exterro.