Extract from ProSearch’s article “Cloud Migration for E-Discovery and RelativityOne”
This is the first article in a two-part series dedicated to examining the evolving landscape of e-discovery for legal professionals. Part One addresses the complex challenges and established best practices associated with migrating e-discovery processes to the cloud, emphasizing perspectives from law firms and legal IT specialists.
For law firms and corporate legal departments, transitioning an e-discovery portfolio from an established platform to a new solution presents both challenges and opportunities.
Many teams depend on legacy systems that have evolved through years of tailored workflows and integrations, making the migration process complex. Organizations may choose to migrate to a new e-discovery platform for several reasons: emergence of new technologies, evolving industry requirements, changing business requirements, cost considerations, or the limitations of existing platforms. Furthermore, industry consolidation can result in software providers discontinuing legacy solutions, thus requiring migration to newer alternatives. In some instances, organizations may implement a directive to adopt cloud-based platforms for enhanced scalability and efficiency. Regardless of the business need for migrating to a new platform, it is important to understand that migration is not just a technical project. It represents a shift for the entire organization. Migrating e-discovery platforms is much more
