Lower Costs with SaaS

eDI solves the eDiscovery workflow problem and simultaneously saves clients money. With eDI's industry-changing system and state-of-the-art technology infrastructure, law firms gain the flexibility, predictability, access, and control that they need to stop the excessive amount of time and costs spent managing eDiscovery processes and logistics.

eDI's SaaS (Software as a Service) offering is an innovative service that allows law firms to leverage eDI's enhanced technology and experienced support team to reduce the costs and capital investments associated with storing litigation-related data. eDI takes litigation support software, loads it into its robust IT infrastructure and builds in customizable workflow engines. It also adds several layers of data security. The end result is enhanced data security, advanced technology, customized workflow, increased support, and improved cost savings.

Designed in collaboration with industry leading attorneys, CIOs, and IT professionals, eDI's SaaS offering reduces the financial and personnel burdens associated with conventional IT and software licensing solutions. Law firms gain more IT functionality and control at reduced costs.  They also garner the ability to make litigation software applications accessible over the Internet and the flexibility to quickly increase or decrease data storage capacities with no upfront costs. Case-specific financial analysis also allows for cost recovery on a case-by-case basis.

eDI's SaaS offering allows law firms of all sizes to shift litigation support capital expenses and software acquisitions and transform  IT departments. It enables clients to become proactive instead of reactive with respect to litigation support. Advantages to in-house deployment include:

• slashing existing law firm IT expenses by up to 35 percent,
• streamlining project management,
• gaining enhanced software features and data storage functions, and
• obtaining access to experienced personnel without having to hire.

In short, eDI's law firm SaaS offering leverages existing capital investments, provides additional litigation support staff, offers cost- shifting methods, and dramatically reduces costs.

THE eDI SaaS Solution
After analyzing the firm's needs, eDI created a streamlined process to migrate the firm's data to eDI's network environment. Using eDI's SaaS offering, the firm fully managed its stored data, maintained control of all processing, and gained the advantage of remote access from all locations. eDI also redesigned the data-intake process to simplify overall data management and provided training for end-users to ensure that the firm's business processes continued uninterrupted.

RESULTS
This solution enabled the firm to continue using familiar software, maintain total control of its data, provide data access to all office locations, and support its clients with the same level of service while substantially reducing its infrastructure costs.

Tips and Tricks

Create a detailed Return on Investment ("ROI") for SaaS.

Many law firms can benefit from SaaS and dramatically reduce IT expenses and improve functionality in the litigation support department without giving up control or compromising security. However, without a complete ROI and assessment, it may be difficult to quantify this value. Understanding that challenge, eDI has created a Litigation Assessment Program that is designed to help law firms identify exactly how SaaS could benefit them, and create detailed ROIs around that value. Valued at $5,000, this Litigation Assessment Program is being offered for free through the end of January 2010.  Act now.