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Discovery Attender®

Electronic Search and Discovery

Discovery Attender is an e-discovery tool designed to automate investigative tasks in PST files, Exchange mailboxes, public folders and common storage areas. Whether your organization gets subpoenaed to produce electronic evidence, you’re addressing the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures or HR is conducting an internal investigation, Discovery Attender will help you quickly find and produce electronically stored information (ESI).

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Features

Overview Search Features Data Reporting & Retrieval

General Features

  • Reduce time and cost associated with e-discovery
  • Easy to install, easy to use
  • Non-invasive, small footprint
  • Produce data in response to subpoeneas, requests from inside counsel or court orders
  • Manage discovery needs in compliance with the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures
  • Secure responsive items from PSTs, Exchange mailboxes and loose files
  • Robust audit trail logging
  • Chain of custody reporting
  • Transparent rule creation and search functionality
  • Simple interface for search monitoring and review
  • Fast and secure system to execute document discovery requests
  • Designate search to appropriate parties: Admins, Lawyers, Paralegals, HR, etc.

Search Features

  • Wizard interface for intuitive search setup
  • Search messages and attachments in PST files and live Microsoft Exchange mail stores
  • Examine files stored on servers or local drives accessible by Windows network shares
  • Searches most common file formats including .doc, .xls, .pdf, .zip, etc.
  • Customizable search conditions includes keywords, dates, file type, name and size
  • Keyword options can include proximity, phrases, Regular Expressions, Boolean, and lists
  • Powerful searching of email including subject, body, addresses, Internet Headers, and attachments
  • Organize searches and results into centrally accessible projects
  • MD5 Hashing for deduplication and validation

Data Reporting & Retrieval

  • User-friendly interface for management of result items
  • Numerous options for exporting items to PST, .MSG and Native Format
  • De-duplication of results based on user-selected criteria
  • Annotation of individual result items
  • Label and mark result items for ease of review
  • Filter results by location, file type or user customized fields
  • Key properties of message and file results stored locally
  • Summary and detailed reports of the result items including keyword snippets
  • Fully accessible back-end databases for custom reporting
  • Portable projects for efficient organization of workload

Tech Specs

Discovery Attender was designed to be as non-invasive as possible.

Architecture
  • Non-intrusive, user-friendly installation
  • Works with Exchange 2000, 2003 2007 and 2010 (not required)
  • Works with Outlook 98 or higher
  • Installed on a desktop or server, no further agents or services are needed
System Requirements
  • Windows 2000 or higher
  • Approximately 50 MB HD space needed
  • Additional hard drive space may be required for large searches
  • 1.1 GHz or higher CPU
  • Outlook 98 or higher (if installed on a server not running Exchange)
  • .NET Framework Version 2.0 or higher (installed if not present)
  • Local administrator rights for the installation
  • Permissions to the targeted mail stores and network shares

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