Press Release
Anacomp and Pitney Bowes Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement
Anacomp to Offer Pitney Bowes' Advanced eDiscovery Capabilities as Part of CaseLogistix Litigation Support Solution
SAN DIEGO, CA, AND STAMFORD, CT, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 - Anacomp� Inc., a leading business process solutions company, today announced a strategic alliance agreement with Pitney Bowes Legal Solutions (PBLS), a leading provider of electronic discovery and corporate compliance solutions. PBLS is a division of Pitney Bowes Management Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI). Through the alliance, Anacomp will incorporate PBLS' advanced e-Discovery and processing capabilities as part of its CaseLogistix� litigation support solution, greatly expanding the footprints of both companies within the legal market. In addition, the firms will collaborate and engage on various joint go-to-market activities to develop opportunities in the litigation realm.
"We're excited to offer our law firm and corporate counsel customers the enhanced litigation processing capabilities that are available through this alliance," said Wayne Ford, Anacomp's Senior Vice President of Marketing, Channels, and Strategic Alliances. "We look forward to working with PBLS on all business fronts, including the product development side to investigate possible bundled services to our joint customer base in the future."
"We're pleased to team with Anacomp to further expand our legal solutions offerings to a broader base of current and prospective customers," said Dave Hutchinson, President of PBLS. "Our combined offerings help customers streamline litigation document workflows, empower them with discovery information at their fingertips, eliminate processing bottlenecks and reduce the costs and risks associated with litigation document processing and discovery."
The alliance enhances CaseLogistix' ability to quickly collect, review and produce digital evidence. The additional capabilities offer legal users an online repository and review system that features:
- Flexible delivery options (TIFF, PDF, Metadata, Text, Native files, MailArchive) - formats delivered in any combination based upon client requirements
- Defensibility - strict chain-of-custody and automated processing
- Cost Control - data sampling, expert consultation, and daily reporting
- Reporting - comprehensive suite of automated reports that provide full media and file-level accountability
- Client Services - 24/7 project management from project setup through completion
- Training - continuing legal education programs
PBLS has a successful history of providing electronic
discovery services to law firms and corporations involved in
large-scale litigation, white collar criminal defense, and
mergers and acquisitions. With its acquisition last year of
Ibis Consulting, Inc. and through the company's
patent-pending data-to-image conversion processes, PBLS
converts electronic documents and e-mail into uniform images
that are loadable into document management systems for
expedited discovery. In addition, PBLS' service offerings,
data culling solutions and data packaging options allow
clients to cost-effectively control their data and meet a
variety of processing and production requirements.
CaseLogistix is the most powerful and versatile litigation
solution available today, providing a complete system for
electronic document organization, annotation, discovery
management, and publication. Available as a desktop version
or via an on-demand, hosted environment, CaseLogistix allows
legal teams to quickly collect, review, and produce any
amount of digital evidence using an interface similar to
that of Microsoft� Outlook�. Combined with Anacomp's
docHarbor� document management platform, business process
management services, and secure high-speed scanning and
conversion services, CaseLogistix provides law firms and
corporate legal departments with one-stop access to the
broadest litigation management Solutions as a Service in the
legal industry.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes Legal Solutions is a leading single-source
provider of litigation and document services aimed at
increasing mailstream efficiency and reducing costs for law
firms and corporate counsel clients. PBLS consultants
provide technology and workflow expertise to customize an
approach on-site or through our network of regional and
national processing centers. More information is available
at
pb.com/legalsolutions.
Pitney Bowes is a mailstream technology company that helps
organizations manage the flow of information, mail,
documents and packages. The company's 35,000 employees
deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two
million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920
and annual revenues now total $6 billion. More information
is available at
www.pb.com.
About Anacomp, Inc.
With 40 years of experience and a passionate commitment
to client services, Anacomp partners with its customers to
help them realize the full potential of their business
processes at the lowest total cost of ownership. Possessing
the world's largest document repository, Anacomp's offerings
serve thousands of users in insurance, financial services,
government, legal, and other markets. Anacomp is
headquartered in San Diego, with international headquarters
in Wokingham, UK. For more information, visit
www.anacomp.com or call (800) 364-9870.
For More Information:
Rob Jensen
Senior Director of Marketing
Anacomp, Inc.
(858) 716-3549
rob.jensen@anacomp.com
Colette Cote
Pitney Bowes Inc.
(203) 351-6132
Colette.cote@pb.com
� 2007 Anacomp, Inc. All rights reserved. Anacomp, CaseLogistix, and docHarbor are registered trademarks of Anacomp, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
