Database Discovery

iDS provides unsurpassed experience and expertise in the industry with acquisition, analysis and production of structured enterprise application data (database environments). Data analytics is emerging as a significant, yet often poorly understood high value area of e-discovery, and few market competitors understand the techniques and intricacies involved in this cutting-edge service like we do. Our expertise is demonstrated by:

• Database experience in a variety of platforms, such as SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Informix, Lotus Notes, and DB2 
• Preservation and collection from large enterprise database systems, including both active and legacy systems 
• The ability to properly cleanse and transform complex data sets stored in flat file or relational table structures in order to facilitate data analytics 
• The development of complex modeling and analytical queries to provide reports to functional experts 
• Organization, creation, capture and distribution of information to legal teams to promote knowledge sharing 
• The ability to provide expert testimony on enterprise systems and data analytics methodology

Practically speaking, data analytics allows your legal team to:

• Sort through large amounts of structured data to identify relevant information 
• Interpret relationships between large data sets 
• Identify factors about a case that might have been previously unrecognizable 
• Seek-and-compare among data to identify anomalies within databases 
• Analyze data points within systems that are required for restatement of earnings, shareholder disputes, assessment of damages, securities matters, or the analysis of business interruption claims 
• Support subject matter experts (forensic accountants and economists) with reporting on and access to information in antitrust, financial, damages, accounting and other matters.

Tackling the discovery challenges of structured enterprise application data is much different than any other aspect of e-discovery and is a cornerstone of iDS. Preservation and collection of such data not only requires the consideration of the highly dynamic nature of these systems, but also requires a team that can understand and break down the complex relational structures contained within those databases. Once our team collects the information, it is often necessary to transform the data into a useable format to perform reliable content analysis.  During the content analysis phase, iDS is also able to analyze the data for relevant case-related information to provide to your legal team for review. One of the benefits of working with iDS’ Data Analytics team is our ability to help you understand what the databases contain and their underlying structure, along with our unique ability to present the data in meaningful ways. 

Armed with an experienced team of programming and database consultants, our experts have been called upon to verify and validate our methodologies and deliver analytic results. iDS has been engaged to work with transactional data on some of the largest and most complex cases in U.S. history. Consisting of a wide range of matter fluency and testimony experience in government and regulatory investigations, restatements of earnings, fraud investigations, insider trading, class action matters involving large financial and insurance institutions, as well antitrust second requests, intellectual property theft, and contract disputes, we believe we have a team that will be able to assist your team with any matter.