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Exterro Increases End-to-End Control of E-Discovery Process With New Partnerships and Upgrades to Its Fusion(R) Software Suite

NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 01/30/12 — Exterro®, the leading provider of workflow-driven electronic discovery software, today unveiled the newest upgrades to the ® e-discovery suite. The upgrades deliver advanced data management and process control throughout all phases of e-discovery — from preservation through production. To meet growing demand for integrating Exterro Fusion-s powerful workflow management capabilities with leading e-discovery and preservation tools, the company also announced new partnerships with technology providers, including kCura, Catalyst, CommVault and Hitachi Data Systems. The partnerships and upgrades to Exterro Fusion are being showcased this week at .

“As corporations continue their quest to control legal spend and bring more of the e-discovery process in-house, they are demanding advanced technology that allows their teams to manage all of the moving parts of e-discovery from one unified platform,” said Bobby Balachandran, president and CEO of Exterro. “The Exterro Fusion platform answers this call at all levels. We are committed to investing in and expanding the robust capabilities of Fusion and growing our industry partnerships to meet ongoing market demands.”

The Exterro Fusion e-discovery software platform enables legal teams to establish consistent, repeatable business processes for managing complex caseloads. The new advancements to the Fusion suite include:

Upgraded data management and search features:

capabilities to more effectively identify ESI during collection

with improved exception handling features

across collected data sets to unearth evidence similar to the search query and not as easily found with traditional keyword searches

Increased data privacy compliance:

that allow for the creation of custom templates to ensure compliance with all EU personal data protection laws

Enhanced project management/workflow capabilities:

that enable approval of legal holds for issuance to custodians, acknowledgement, etc. without having to log into Fusion

that allow users to easily bypass steps in the e-discovery workflow, depending upon the need for that particular matter

that allows users to easily create project requests as required, along with the specifications to assign a project/IT manager

that delivers quicker, easier production of management and status reports and dashboards

Advanced third-party system integration:

that enable Fusion to crawl and collect responsive files from content-centric systems, such as archiving systems, document management and content management repositories including Microsoft-s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and Gmail

According to recent reports by Gartner and other analyst firms, corporations are becoming much smarter about e-discovery technology and the need to integrate it into core business practices. The Exterro Fusion platform offers a dynamic integration engine that allows organizations to leverage existing IT investments (e.g. content management and HR systems) and preferred e-discovery point solutions on one unified platform. Exterro is proactively working with the following new partners to make this integration seamless in the following areas:

E-Discovery Review Management

have partnered to streamline the passing of preserved and collected evidence for secure external review. Through one integrated approach, users can export data preserved, analyzed, collected and processed in Fusion to Catalyst-s secure, web-based repository for final review and production. The integration between the two applications will reduce duplicated work, mitigate risks and reduce discovery costs.

have partnered to develop a seamless integration of Exterro Fusion with kCura-s Relativity. Users will be able to transfer electronically stored information (ESI) to and from Fusion and Relativity with one single press of a button, while maintaining a full view into the data flows, audit logs and review status in Fusion.

Information Governance Integration

have partnered to address the growing need of today-s corporate legal and IT departments for integrated e-discovery and information governance technologies. Exterro Fusion® has been integrated with HDS- Data Discovery Suite to deliver a powerful, unified solution for seamlessly managing legal compliance requirements and e-discovery. Together, the two applications will enable legal and IT teams to more effectively orchestrate legal holds, proactively index and manage ESI for early case assessment (ECA), collect ESI from diverse data sources and deploy efficient e-discovery workflows.

have joined forces to deliver a comprehensive approach for e-discovery management and early case assessment (ECA). The integration of Exterro Fusion with CommVault® Simpana® helps ensure ESI is accurately preserved when a litigation hold is issued and proactively indexed to expedite ECA, collection and processing.

Exterro is providing demonstrations of the Fusion e-discovery software suite at LegalTech New York, taking place Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, 2012, at the Hilton New York. Demonstrations are available at Exterro-s booth, #331, or via appointment in the company-s private demo suite. For more information, visit Exterro-s website at or email the company at .

Exterro, Inc. is the pioneer and leading provider of workflow-driven e-discovery software for corporations and law firms. The proven Exterro Fusion® platform delivers a 360-degree view into the critical data and workflows required for defensibly and cost-effectively managing e-discovery across the EDRM spectrum. The innovative suite of e-discovery applications built on the Fusion platform unifies all phases of e-discovery — from identification, legal hold and early case assessment (ECA) to collection, processing, analysis, review and production. Fusion-s open architecture integrates seamlessly with existing business processes and enterprise infrastructures. To learn more, visit .