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Stratify, an Iron Mountain company, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have teamed up to deliver a software-as-a-service-based eDiscovery solution that can help
reduce the cost and complexity of litigation review.
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PwC and Stratify bring a
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business of eDiscovery
By Maria Doyle
Photograph by Steven Vote
Brian Wycliff, principal, PwC
eDiscovery top-level service provider
and trusted business advisor with
the Forensic Technology practice at
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF ALL BUSINESS RECORDS TODAY
are created and/or stored in electronic form. This has had
a significant impact on the discovery phase of litigation,
where each party can request (or demand) documents and
other evidence from one another and from third parties.
Much of the discovery phase of litigation has morphed into
what is now called electronic discovery or eDiscovery—
essentially, the discovery of any electronically stored information, such as documents stored on a computer, emails
or information in a company database.
Despite the dramatic courtroom scenes most of us
conjure up when we think of litigation, in actuality, most
civil cases in the United States are settled prior to the
close of discovery and well before trial. Indeed, one of
the fundamental benefits of a thorough discovery process
is avoiding trial.
Teaming for eDiscovery
Stratify®, an Iron Mountain company, is a leading eDiscovery services provider. Now, as a result of a joint business relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(PwC), part of the world’s largest professional services
network, the two organizations are teaming up to deliver
professional services and a software-as-a-service-based
eDiscovery solution that can reduce the cost and complexity of litigation review.
“Wherever companies encounter legal or regulatory
challenges with large or complex data collections, we aim
to provide solutions. The situations vary, but the solution
usually includes some combination of PwC’s ‘hands-on’
assistance, like forensic data collections or analysis of
structured data, and advice to the client regarding cost
control or risk mitigation,” explains Brian Wycliff, a prin-
