eMag Solutions Offers On-site Data Collection for Law Firms and Corporations

June 18, 2009

eMag Solutions, LLC, an international provider of enterprise content management (ECM) and electronic discovery solutions, offers unmatched international on-site collection capabilities. In addition to having the flexibility to be almost anywhere at anytime, eMag is able to process massive amounts of data without that data ever leaving a client’s facility.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 17, 2009 — Companies doing business around the world are subject to a wide array of data protection and privacy laws based on each individual location. The different laws governing day-to-day operations are generally manageable; however, when litigation, regulatory or compliance matters arise that require data collection from multiple countries those rules may impose significant challenges affecting the companies’ discovery efforts. Many countries enforce privacy laws that require all data or certain types of data not be exported from that country for any reason. In particular, the European Union’s Directive on Data Protection and Privacy imposes strict standards on how personal data should be handled and limits the ability of this information to be transferred to third parties outside of the EU Safe Harbor. The EU Data Protection Directive says that personal data can only be transferred to third countries that provide “adequate protection,” thus creating problems for American multinational firms operating in transatlantic markets. Additionally, Tax Havens also impose limitations on the movement of data outside of the borders of certain limited geographic areas.

To assist corporations and law firms around the world who must comply with these diverse regulations, eMag Solutions, LLC, an international provider of enterprise content management (ECM) and electronic discovery solutions, offers unmatched international on-site collection capabilities. In addition to having the flexibility to be almost anywhere at anytime, eMag is able to process massive amounts of data without that data ever leaving a client’s facility.

In the past year, eMag has performed data collection and processing in 19 different countries around the globe. More than eight petabytes of data have been processed at on-site locations, including restoration and processing of more than 250,000 backup tapes. eMag’s on-site processing services have included forensic collections, tape cataloging, tape restoration, e-mail extraction, date and keyword filtering, de-duplication, near duplicate identification, creating TIFF images, and load file creation.

As part of a large global investigation, for example, eMag performed tape restoration, e-mail extraction and de-duplication work on-site in several locations in the Far East including Tokyo, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Seoul. In this case, the e-mail extraction was for a five-year period and covered a variety of languages and dialects. All restoration and processing equipment along with the software, people and procedures were provided by eMag Solutions, with no connection to internal systems or networks (only space and power were provided locally).

eMag has completed multiple projects in nine different European countries ranging from duplication of simple backup media up through restoration of legacy tapes where the original infrastructure was no longer in place and the client had previously been unable to gain access. In addition to work in various Asian and European countries in conjunction with local data privacy laws, eMag has also performed work in several Tax Havens including Jersey, Guernsey, and Switzerland.

In addition to international data privacy considerations, eMag delivered on-site processing services in 22 U.S. states in the past year, regularly traveling to client sites to perform work to ensure data never left the client’s facility. eMag has even developed temporary processing centers within client facilities to handle large, multi-petabyte jobs. Domestic and multinational corporations and law firms alike are routinely depending on eMag Solutions to deliver the on-site data collection services they need performed in various locations around the world. For more information, contact Brett Tarr at btarr @ emagsolutions.com or by phone at 678-608-1613.

About eMag Solutions
eMag Solutions, LLC is an international Patriarch Partners company headquartered in Atlanta, GA with additional data service centers in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the United Kingdom. For more than 40 years, eMag Solutions has been helping organizations reduce business risk while preserving the attractive economics of storing critical business information offline. eMag Solutions delivers comprehensive data management and electronic discovery services, specializing in nonnative collection and restoration of disparate e-mail, user files, and data from a variety of offline sources and reconstitution and ingestion into online e-mail archive, document management, and legal review applications to proactively manage enterprise content, as well as prepare for litigation, regulatory, and compliance matters. For more information, visit www.emagsolutions.com or call 800-364-9838 or +44 (0)2920 739940 outside of the United States.

About Patriarch Partners:
Patriarch Partners, LLC is a private equity and investment firm in New York and Texas. Patriarch provides innovative financial solutions, strategic direction and operational expertise to companies undergoing periods of pervasive change. Funds affiliated with Patriarch manage assets in excess of $6 billion and include majority and minority ownership positions in more than 67 companies.

For more information or copies of this press release, please contact: 
Brett Tarr
Director of Marketing
eMag Solutions, LLC
678-608-1613
http://www.emagsolutions.com