George J. Socha, Jr., Esq.


2008 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey

The Top Electronic Discovery Service Providers - By Stage of Electronic Discovery (EDRM)

The overview results of the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey Report are available here in summary form. The full report - 360 pages long - is available for purchase.

The public report was in the August issue of Law Technology News and is on LTN's website at Law Technology News.

Survey rankings can be searched at http://www.sochaconsulting.com/topproviders.php

The Warning

Once again, we offer lists of leading EDD services and software providers. We stress, however, that anyone who makes buying decisions primarily on these rankings is a fool.

As with any top-X list, it is important to keep these lists in context and use them only as appropriate. You should not choose a provider based solely on these lists, or solely on the basis of any other top-X list. The factors we examined may not apply to your circumstances, and mostly likely will not apply with the specific weightings and ratings we used. In addition, you will have needs and considerations we could not have taken into account.

It also is important to note that our evaluation model relies heavily on information provided through interviews or questionnaires (spreadsheets). We recognize that there are other vendors with the qualifications to rank within the top X, however the data on them was not available to us. Some providers, including prominent ones, did not provide any data and others, including prominent ones, provided only limited information.

The Rankings

Once again, we have ranked service providers based on the Electronic Discovery Reference Model stages:

1-5 = 1-5   = 6-10   = 11-20   = Listing at Socha Consulting vendor page

Provider Identification Preservation Collection Processing Review Analysis Production Presentation Listing
Autonomy ZANTAZ 6-10 6-10 6-10 6-10 1-5 1-5
CaseCentral, Inc. 6-10 6-10
Computer Forensic Services 1-5
Daticon 6-10
Discovery Mining Inc. 1-5 6-10 1-5
Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc. 6-10 6-10 6-10 6-10
Encore Discovery Solutions 1-5 6-10 6-10 1-5 1-5 6-10
Epiq Systems, Inc. 1-5 1-5 6-10 6-10
Fios, Inc. 6-10 6-10 6-10 6-10
FTI Consulting 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
Guidance Software, Inc. 1-5
H5 6-10
Huron Consulting Group 1-5 1-5 1-5
IE Discovery, Inc. 6-10 1-5 6-10 6-10 1-5 1-5 1-5
Ivize 1-5
KPMG LLP 1-5 1-5 1-5 6-10 6-10 6-10 6-10
Kroll Ontrack 6-10 1-5 6-10 1-5 1-5 1-5 6-10
LexisNexis 1-5 6-10 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5
ONSITE3 6-10 6-10
Pitney Bowes Legal Solutions 6-10 1-5
Renew Data Corp. 6-10 6-10
Stratify, Inc. 6-10 1-5
SuperiorGlacier 6-10
TechLaw Solutions 1-5