Orchestria Experts Available to Comment on the Importance of E-mail Documentation in Litigation
New York, NY - March 06, 2007

Legal and technology experts from Orchestria, the leader in Electronic Communication Control (ECC), are available to comment on the importance of e-mail documentation, archiving and management for businesses of all sizes. Deborah Johnson, vice president of discovery and litigation solutions at Orchestria, can share her perspective having trained, advised and led electronic discovery project teams for some of the nation's most visible bankruptcies and securities litigations of the past decade, including Enron, Tyco, WorldCom and Adecco.

With the growing reliance on electronic message such as e-mail and IM in court proceedings, organizations are increasingly tasked with producing electronic documentation as part of legal discovery. No longer are courts accepting that electronic files have been deleted, mismanaged or accidentally destroyed. Rather, many judges will be handing out heavy sanctions for failure to preserve or produce Electronically Stored Information (ESI), or even rule adverse inference which would instruct the jury to assume the missing messages are in some way damaging to the defendant's case.

"The ability to produce electronic documentation is making or breaking cases today," said Johnson. "Courts are applying the same level of scrutiny to electronic documentation as has traditionally been applied to physical documentation. With robust and easy-to-use electronic communication control technology available today, no longer will the excuse that files have been deleted or misplaced be acceptable in the courts. Organizations must gain control of the litigation process by automating legal hold notices, accurately segregating electronically stored information and providing powerful and unique case discussion prevention capabilities."

Johnson is a recognized industry expert on electronic discovery, web hosting, and all related document management issues, including data retention to ensure regulatory compliance.

For more information or to arrange an interview with Johnson or other Orchestria executives, please contact Version 2.0 Communications at (617) 426-2222.

About Orchestria
Orchestria helps companies control electronic communication to defend against confidential data leakage, enforce regulatory compliance, protect intellectual property, adhere to critical financial and legal controls, and to ensure appropriate employee behavior. This approach results in substantial return on investment (ROI) while improving both corporate governance and employee behavior. More than 200 customers in 33 countries rely on Orchestria to enable them to benefit from the speed and flexibility of electronic communication without exposing themselves to the risk of uncontrolled interactions.

Orchestria's approach works in real-time, and is unique in its ability to analyze all common electronic communication channels to determine their context and content with unparalleled accuracy, and to discern the user's intent. It prevents inappropriate communication from ever being sent, ensuring they are not archived for later discovery. Orchestria also guides and advises end-users while preserving workflow. It is integrated with solutions from leading archive vendors, including Symantec, ZANTAZ, IBM and Iron Mountain Digital.

The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York City. Details can be found at: www.orchestria.com.

For more information:
Stephanie Powers
Orchestria
+1 212-402-3336
stephanie.powers@orchestria.com

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