Advisory Board member and alumnus John Bace quoted in recent e-discovery article

EDD Providers Adapt to a Down Economy

By Jason Krause
Special to Law.com
October 12, 2009

There's an unusual dichotomy in the e-discovery industry right now. Industry observers see scores of e-discovery companies that have folded or disappeared as part of an industry shakeout, but at the same time there is agreement that there is still a growing opportunity to be had despite a slow economy.
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In addition to controlling technology decisions to their benefit, lawyers are learning the art of project management. "There are two things they don't teach in law school; project management and collaboration," says John Bace, research vice president of Gartner. "I talk to clients who stick with vendors who are technically inept so long as they're great project managers. The only way to control costs is to manage all phases of discovery."