Daticon EED explained

Daticon EED, Inc.
Type:	Privately Owned
Parent:	Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Foundation:	1987
Founder:	John H. Jessen
Location City:	Kirkland, Washington
Location Country:	United States
Key People:	Tom Haug, President, Chris Maconi CTO
Industry:	Electronic discovery
Products:	Electronic discovery services and software, Process consulting

Daticon EED, Inc., formerly known as Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc., was a pioneer in the electronic discovery industry. After being founding in 1987 by John H. Jessen, the company contributed to many innovations in the industry and significantly expanded its service offerings and altogether worldwide presence.

It was headquartered in Kirkland, WA with regional operations in Chicago, New York, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., California and the United Kingdom.

History

John H. Jessen founded Daticon EED in 1987 to address the need for electronic evidence discovery after a lawyer hired him to examine a home computer.^[1] Following its founding, the company was responsible for many industry firsts in the field of electronic discovery, including forensic collection software in 1987 and an online review application in 1994.

In February 2008, Daticon EED formed a partnership with IBM to provide process design consulting and corporate litigation readiness services to IBM customers and reactive services for individual outsourced litigations. Daticon EED also developed an eDiscovery process manager for IBM's Electronic Content Management (ECM) platform^[2] on top of IBM's Filenet P8 platform.

In June 2008, EED acquired^[3] Daticon LLC, a Connecticut-based provider of early case assessment, electronic discovery, consulting and archive services and changed its brand name to Daticon EED.^[4]

In 2010, Daticon EED was acquired by Document Technologies, Inc.^[5]

Industry Involvement

Daticon EED was the founding sponsor of both the Electronic Document Retention and Production workgroup and the International Electronic Information Management Discovery and Disclosure workgroup of the Sedona Conference.

Launched in May 2005, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) project was created to deal with the lack of standards and guidelines in the electronic discovery market. Daticon EED participated in the following EDRM projects:

• EDRM Metrics: To provide a standard approach and a generally accepted language for measuring the full range of electronic discovery activities.
• EDRM XML: To develop an XML schema to facilitate movement of electronic information from one stage of the electronic discovery process to the next, one software program to the next, and one organization to the next.

External links

• The Electronic Discovery Reference Model Project (EDRM)
• IM, Facebook and Twitter open new areas of discoverable ESI
• Electronic Document Storage And E-Discovery: A Way Forward

Notes and References

1. News: Seattle company stays a leader at searching computers for litigation information. July 12, 2004. Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle). Deirdre. Gregg.
2. Web site: Electronic Evidence Discovery Introduces eDiscoveryProcess Manager for IBM ECM Platform. February 4, 2008. .
3. News: Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc. Completes Purchase of Daticon, LLC. https://archive.today/20120908084629/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS165864+08-Jul-2008+BW20080708. dead. September 8, 2012. July 8, 2008. Thomson Reuters.
4. Web site: EED Merges Brands With Daticon Subsidiary. Northwest Innovation.
5. Web site: Daticon EED Acquired by Document Technologies, Inc.. GlobeNewswire.