Unveils New eDiscovery Services for Symantec Enterprise Vault Customers
LOS ANGELES – September 13, 2011 – Globanet, a leading provider of data archiving products and services, today announced it has established an eDiscovery practice and partnered with Symantec to provide customers with the industry leading Clearwell eDiscovery Platform. The company also introduced a range of eDiscovery services to support Clearwell customers, including proof of concept, implementation, customized workflow and managed service offerings. In addition, Globanet has added Shannon Smith, Esq. to serve as director of information governance and lead its eDiscovery practice.
“As a provider of Enterprise Vault services, Globanet has compiled valuable experience supporting complex enterprise archiving and compliance initiatives for Symantec customers,” said Aaref Hilaly, former president and CEO of Clearwell Systems and now vice president at Symantec. “Clearwell products and services are a natural extension of Globanetʼs current enterprise archiving and data migration offerings. The information management and governance skill set of Globanetʼs services team will be an asset to any organization deploying the Clearwell eDiscovery Platform.”
Globanet will provide a complete range of services to support the Clearwell eDiscovery Platform including:
Proof-of-concept services that quantify the benefits of deployment.
Implementation services to install and configure data sources for indexing.
Workflow configuration services to define user roles and establish permissions and settings.
Managed services that assist with litigation, investigation and compliance processes.
“With Clearwell, Globanet enables customers to collect and manage large volumes of data from multiple repositories for litigation, investigations and regulatory compliance, while reducing costs and risks,” said Sevag Ajemian, president and CEO of Globanet. “We welcome Shannon to our team and look forward to offering customers the Clearwell eDiscovery Platform and a range of services to streamline processes and help ensure defensibility of internal eDiscovery practices.”
As Director of Information Governance at Globanet, Smith will lead the eDiscovery practice and develop and manage a portfolio of information governance offerings. She brings extensive knowledge of eDiscovery, litigation readiness, regulatory compliance, and records management issues to her new role at Globanet. Smith is a member of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and the Sedona Conference, and has contributed articles to a number of publications including Corporate Counsel and Information Management.
For more information on Globanetʼs eDiscovery offerings, visit www.globanet.com/ediscovery.
