The modern business environment requires corporations to preserve a tremendous amount of historical data in order to comply with business, litigation and/or regulatory requirements. Much of this data is preserved on tape and other removable media; restoring and reviewing such archived data is burdensome and costly. To meet these needs in the most cost efficient manner, Iris Data Services offers a full range of media restoration services, including tape cataloguing/indexing and media restoration.

Iris’ Tape Restoration Services Minimize Exposure by

• All work performed in a SAS 70 Type II certified data center
• World-class array of media libraries
• Technical engineers adhere to U.S. Department of Justice guidelines for the handling of all evidence
• Chain-of-custody and process is documented and defensible
• Tape imaging capability allows for faster return of originals

Iris’ Tape Restoration Services Minimize Expense by

• Stepwise approach ensures only necessary documents are restored, saving money in further downstream processing
• First-glace indexing provides virtual data snapshot
• Relevant documents can be found without full data restoration
• Best-of-breed software applications and equipment allows for faster processing and lower cost

Benefits

Resources.
Iris’ state-of-the-art tape restoration facility includes more than 50 tape restoration and backup applications in addition to a world-class array of media type libraries. Iris can restore from almost any media and/or file format.

Cost Savings and Efficiency.
Iris uses a stepwise approach to tape restoration. The client is involved at each major milestone to optimize the restoration effort. By involving the client at critical steps, only the necessary files are restored, saving time and money in processing and subsequent review.

Speed.
Iris can index thousands of tapes per week, allowing case teams to make accessibility and excessive burden arguments without the risk of missing production deadlines.

Defensibility.
Iris’ team of technical engineers adheres to the strictest evidence handling policies and procedures, ensuring data security, chain of custody, and media integrity throughout the process. Iris restores legacy media from its native format, achieving the highest possible level of data integrity and safeguarding data and corresponding metadata from corruption in the restoration process.

Experience.
Iris has performed tape restoration services for hundreds of matters ranging from regulatory investigations and intellectual property litigation to product liability and antitrust litigation. Iris understands the requirements and burdens associated with restoring backup media and can develop unique strategies to satisfy any request.

Iris’ tape restoration services provide clients with the full resources of our state-of-the-art tape restoration facility. Utilizing the latest technologies, Iris’ team of technical engineers possess a proven track record for rapid turnaround, responsiveness and complete adherence to evidentiary best practices, all while helping the client save time and money by only restoring necessary data.

Iris: One Company, One Solution
Iris clients can rely on one provider for all areas of litigation support. Iris has expertise in all phases of discovery, and has experience and proprietary technology for steps that other providers outsource such as computer forensics, filtering, culling and online review. All of Iris’ technologies include flexible interfaces and are scalable enough to handle any size matter, reducing both cost and data risk since data need not be transferred between providers. As a truly international provider—with operations throughout the U.S., Asia and Australia—Iris can handle projects in any language or any international complexity. The result is a single company with a single integrated solution to handle any litigation support need, anytime and anywhere in the world. Iris Data Services: One Company, One Solution.

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