RSD, a provider of information governance solutions for the enterprise, has announced a partnership with Exterro's workflow-driven e-discovery software  to provide enhanced capabilities for identifying, governing and preserving electronically stored information (ESI) dispersed across today’s demanding IT infrastructure. 

The integration between RSD GLASS and Exterro Fusion will deliver robust discovery technology, enhanced capabilities for in-place preservation, and full lifecycle information governance to circumvent potential legal issues.

Information governance has evolved to encompass unique information management disciplines comprising the discovery of information assets and ESI, legal case management and hold notification, and traditional records management (RM). Enterprises are adopting proactive information governance technologies and policies in an effort to bridge these disciplines. As e-discovery demands and data volumes grow, ESI management requires repeatable, auditable and measurable processes to ensure proper governance across the lifecycle of information.

"Many of our customers are looking to extend their current information governance systems with an automated litigation hold process to ensure defensible disposition,” stated Brian Clark, vice president of strategic alliances for RSD. 

“Our partnership and integration with an e-discovery leader like Exterro will allow customers to perform discovery across multiple content repositories representing different jurisdictions.”

RSD GLASS is a patent-pending platform used to power global corporate information governance programs for electronic and physical content. Using RSD GLASS, companies create corporate policies that are actively enforced across organisational and jurisdictional boundaries, IT systems, content repositories, cloud-based applications, and paper archives. Exterro Fusion is an advanced, end-to-end software suite proven to reduce costs and risks across all e-discovery phases. With its intuitive dashboards, automated workflows and advanced search capabilities, legal and IT teams can establish consistent, repeatable business processes. The integration of the two solutions will enable customers to deploy an information governance solution for in-place, automated litigation hold and lifecycle governance.