ZyLAB President to Speak at DESI-III Global E-Discovery/E-Disclosure Workshop

Business Wire, June 02, 2009

Johannes Scholtes to Present “Text Mining: The Next Step in Search Technology” on June 8th as part of the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law

MCLEAN, Va. & BARCELONA, Spain -- ZyLAB, an innovative developer of Information Access Solutions, today announced that its President, Dr. Johannes Scholtes, will present at the June 8th Global E-Discovery/E-Disclosure Workshop: A Pre-Conference Workshop at the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law taking place at Casa Convalescència in Barcelona. Dr. Scholtes will present on the topic of text mining as it relates to today’s e-discovery and e-disclosure requirements, facilitate a lunch-time discussion and then participate on the end-of-day panel to discuss his insights about the future of search issues in the e-discovery space.

This year, the workshop will emphasize e-discovery and e-disclosure problems in an international context, such as information retrieval within both civil and common law jurisdictions, including dealing with text in non-host jurisdiction languages and in connection with cross-border litigation subject to varying rules of procedure and practice. This one-day event is being hosted by several of the world’s most recognized thought leaders in the field including Kevin D. Ashley, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Jason R. Baron, National Archives and Records Administration; Jack G. Conrad, Thomson Reuters Research & Development; Marc Light, Thomson Reuters Research & Development; and Debra Logan, Gartner Inc.

“It is an honor to be invited to participate at one of the most prestigious and exclusive e-discovery events,” said Johannes Scholtes, President of ZyLAB. “Although changes in the legal world are always evolutions and never revolutions, there is certainly a potential role for text-mining in e-discovery and e-disclosure. I look forward to imparting my knowledge of this topic on to the attendees.”

Dr. Scholtes presentation, “Text Mining: The Next Step in Search Technology” is available by request be sending an email to info@zylab.com. Key sections of the paper include:

• What is Text Mining?
• Searching with Computers in Unstructured Information
• Text Mining in Relation to “Searching and Finding”
• Finding Someone or Something that Doesn’t Want to be Found
• Finding, When You Don’t Know Exactly What You are Looking For
• Text Mining and Information Visualization
• Text-Mining on Non-English Data
• The Credit Crisis: e-discovery, compliance, bankruptcy and data rooms

For more information about the pre-conference workshop and to register, visit: http://idt.uab.cat/icail2009/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=45

Additional ZyLAB E-Discovery Resources:

• ZyIMAGE e-discovery and production overview
• E-discovery and production brochure
• Case Study: ZyLAB helps FBI process evidence in the Enron investigation
• Whitepaper: Identification and Legal Hold with ZyIMAGE
• Whitepaper: Expanding role of Records Management, creating a new foundation for effective e-discovery and knowledge management
• Press release: ZyLAB receives highest ranking in research firm’s e-discovery software vendor Marketscope 2008
• Press release: ZyLAB Awarded Contract to Provide Integrated e-Discovery and Document Management Solution to United Nations Crimes Investigation Team

About ZyLAB

For 25 years, ZyLAB has provided commercial and government organizations around the world with award-winning information access solutions. The ZyIMAGE Information Access Platform is a complete XML-based system that provides a secure foundation for the long-term archiving, management and retrieval of information, from digitized paper documents, to electronic files, to e-mail and attachments, to multimedia.

With over 9,000 installations and 650,000 users worldwide, ZyLAB has a wealth of experience and knowledge across a variety of industries and business applications. Federal clients include the Executive Office of the President and the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, Justice and Defense, as well as all branches of the US Armed Forces and investigative teams at the FBI, SEC, and Amtrak’s OIG. Hundreds of state and local governments also rely on ZyLAB, such as The State of California, Montgomery County, Maryland, and The Town of Jackson, Wyoming. ZyLAB’s numerous commercial clients include leading companies like American Express, Anheuser-Busch, Dominion Virginia Power, Lockheed Martin, Pacific Life, and Shell Oil. For more information visit: www.zylab.com.