Survey: Records Information Management is the Top Priority for 93% of Senior Information Governance and eDiscovery Executives

USA/Canada News

17
Apr
2013

Editor

To better understand where the eDiscovery market is headed, the Legal Exchange Network surveyed its network of General Counsel and Global/Regional Heads of eDiscovery, Litigation, Compliance, Legal IT and Records Management. When asked what their top investment areas are, information management and collection took the lead with 93% of respondents planning to invest in information management solutions in the next 6-24 months.

Key findings include:

• 93% of senior corporate executives selected information management and/or data collection as their top investment priority
• 89% are going to invest in data preservation and/or data processing solutions over the next 6-24 months
• Data review was highlighted as the 5th investment priority, with 86% of surveyed executives selecting this area

More information about the research results can be found in a complimentary eBook available at: http://bit.ly/10jq4Gc. 

The technology revolution has resulted in a great number of challenges for senior legal executives. With this in mind,40 of the world's leading Judiciary, General Counsel, and Global/ Regional Heads of eDiscovery, Information Governance, Legal IT, Litigation and Compliance,  will meet in San Diego this May to share the latest strategies and solutions for ensuring predictability and defensibility. 

Jack Halprin, Head of eDiscovery at Google, D. Casey Flaherty, Corporate Counsel at Kia Motors and Honourable Judge Andrew J. Peck, United States Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York are among the senior information governance and eDiscovery experts who will be sharing their insights at the Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange next month.

Some of the most pressing issues such as bridging communication between legal, compliance and IT, Big Data, the Cloud, BYOD, managing eDiscovery spend and Technology-Assisted Review are set to be discussed by leading eDiscovery and information governance practitioners. The complimentary industry report can be read in full at http://bit.ly/10jq4Gc.