January 20, 2010
E-Discovery technology leader Lateral Data, LP today announced the debut of a lucrative e-Discovery service provider partnership program based on Lateral Data’s popular Viewpoint e-Discovery platform. Benefiting from a unique, simplified pricing model that maximizes profit for providers, Lateral Data’s partnership program helps service providers lower their total software costs, increase margins, and drive more value through every part of their business.
The Viewpoint partnership program leverages the power of Viewpoint, an all-in-one software platform that covers the primary components of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). Viewpoint, now in Version 4.5, does the work of multiple tools, lowering both costs and resource needs for any business offering litigation support services.
Featuring a familiar Outlook-style interface, the technology can execute pre-processing, processing, analysis, review and production at speeds two to five times that of other leading products. Furthermore, Viewpoint Review offers advanced capabilities including complex analytics, email threading, visual conceptual analysis and near-duplicate comparisons, to keep pace with the sophisticated requirements of e-Discovery users.
Lateral Data’s innovative Viewpoint pricing model adds even more value to the partnership program. The streamlined model reduces fees to only two components: Pre-Processing and Processing. Because no fees are charged for ECA/Culling, Review and TIFF processing, service providers are free to set end-user prices as they wish and realize increased overall profit compared to e-Discovery software fees set by other vendors.
To further increase the profit potential of Viewpoint, Lateral Data’s new partnership program offers three membership levels-Bronze, Silver and Gold. At the Gold and Silver levels, partners receive additional discounts on data Pre-Processing and Processing charges. In all three levels, data that is eliminated during the Pre-Processing phase is exempt from charges during Processing-again providing a welcome difference from typical pricing policies.
“E-discovery Service providers who truly deliver the best quality and greatest value are the ones who will survive. We are looking for highly competent, seasoned partners who understand their clients’ needs and will maximize Viewpoint’s capabilities to deliver high-quality solutions. It’s a great opportunity,” said Dean Kuhlmann, VP of Business Development at Lateral Data. “We’ve developed this program with the partner in mind and have chosen a partner-centric model to launch our Viewpoint strategy. This program is unique in its ability to lower costs, simplify operations, optimize workflow, gain service capacity, generate new retail pricing options and ultimately increase margins for our partners.”
Viewpoint Evaluation
To enable service providers to experience the benefits of Viewpoint 4.5 in their own production environment, Lateral Data offers a 30-day evaluation to qualified prospective partners. The evaluation includes software, training and support.
To learn more about Viewpoint 4.5 and the Viewpoint Partner Program, or to schedule a Viewpoint demo, log on to www.lateraldata.com or call (713) 592-8585.
About Lateral Data:
Lateral Data, LP is a software development and data processing company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 2003, the company has focused its software development and services efforts in the e-Discovery market; its flagship software application, Viewpoint, covers the primary components of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, bringing end-to-end simplicity and affordability service providers, corporate legal departments, law firms and OEMs. Viewpoint is available for stand-alone or for multi-tenant environments. To learn more, visit www.lateraldata.com.
