Evidence Processing To defensibly process ESI, you need a service provider that has the processing speed, experience and technology infrastructure required to support past, present and future data types. Fios’ processing capabilities are unrivaled. We have over 10 years of experience helping clients defensibly reduce data volumes for both large and small matters. With our investment in IT infrastructure, including 1,500 enterprise-class processing servers and 750 TB of storage capacity, Fios can accommodate virtually any client data volume and turnaround time requirement. Our data center can ingest more than 1 TB of data per day and fully process more than 500 GB per day.
We offer the industry's broadest processing capabilities to accurately process ESI, including:
Data processing center with operations 24 hours a day and 365 days a year
File signaturing to accurately identify over 4,000 current and legacy file types
Support for all matter sizes – from a few gigabytes up to multi-terabytes
Complete data inventorying and extraction, including expansion of email attachments
Removal of registered system files supported by quarterly NIST updates
Native processing of Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, MBOX and other email types
De-duplication across common email platforms
Elimination of extraneous files through sophisticated filtering and culling techniques (custodian, date range, search terms, email domain and others)
Conversion of all documents to common file types (e.g., TIFF, HTML and PDF) while maintaining access to native files
Load files for common third-party tools, including Ringtail, Concordance, Summation, iCONECTnXT and others
Data center security provided by on-site security guards with sensor-monitored entry points, keycard and biometric fingerprint authentication, video camera monitoring and alarm system
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