Mike SimonDirector of Strategic DevelopmentNavigantFebruary 22, 2013

Welcome to:eDiscovery meets Big Data – which will win?Well .. . Actually .. . No

The eDiscovery Industry is Dying

How to get a great job in the eDiscovery industry

I promise to get to Big Data too . . . .

Why the change?

Things are kind of difficult

Really difficult

Jobs keep getting scarcer

Law school costs keep going up

. . . . Sorry

Doesn’t a job in eDiscovery sound like a great place to be?

Or maybe just A place to be????

Whence eDiscovery?

The Costs of Data Creation and Storage

YEAR -- Price of a Gigabyte 1981 -- $300,0001987 -- $50,0001990 -- $10,0001994 -- $10001997 -- $1002000 -- $102004 -- $12010 -- $0.10

The Costs of Data Creation and Storage

1960 - 5 MB

The Costs of Data Creation and Storage

1990 - 80 MB

The Costs of Data Creation and Storage

2013 – 8 GB

Our ability to understand data

1960

Our ability to understand data

1997

Our ability to understand data

2012

Everybody gets this . . .

Except for the Legal industry

I am just saying . . .

eDiscovery- $1.4 billion (Gartner 2012)

But it does not solve business problems

But it does not solve business problems

From here on you are working

with “dead” data – it’s gone

And this i

s where most o

f

the money goes

But it does not solve business problems

Who pays for it?

The Client

What do they think of it?

They hate it . . .

Less than a decade since it arose the customers of eDiscovery are doing their very best

Less than a decade since it arose the customers of eDiscovery are doing their very best to kill it

Information Management - $1.1 trillionInformation Management - $1.1 trillion

Welcome to the era of Big Data

What is Big Data?

The 3 V’s

Welcome to the era of Big Data

Volume

Welcome to the era of Big Data

Variety

Welcome to the era of Big Data

Velocity

Welcome to the era of Big Data

But also a very important 4th V

Welcome to the era of Big Data

Value

Some key Big Data facts:from 38 Things to Know About Big Data (http://barnraisersllc.com/2012/12/38-big-facts-big-data-companies/)

Some key Big Data facts:from 38 Things to Know About Big Data (http://barnraisersllc.com/2012/12/38-big-facts-big-data-companies/)

90% of the world’s total data has been created just within the past two years (source: IBM)

Some key Big Data facts:from 38 Things to Know About Big Data (http://barnraisersllc.com/2012/12/38-big-facts-big-data-companies/)

75% of companies say they will increase investments in Big Data within the next year (source: Avanade)

Some key Big Data facts:from 38 Things to Know About Big Data (http://barnraisersllc.com/2012/12/38-big-facts-big-data-companies/)

65% of companies deploy Big Data technology to boost the speed and quality of business decisions (source: CIO)

Some key Big Data facts:from 38 Things to Know About Big Data (http://barnraisersllc.com/2012/12/38-big-facts-big-data-companies/)

40%-60% annual growth increase is occurring in the volume of data available every year; in media intensive sectors and financial services, the increase is 120% (source: Fathom)

Some key Big Data facts:from 38 Things to Know About Big Data (http://barnraisersllc.com/2012/12/38-big-facts-big-data-companies/)

Only 5% of companies believe Big Data will “fizzle out after the hype dies down” (source: CIO)

The most important fact?

The most important fact?

Using Big Data to create business value can be the difference between winning and losing for companies

The most important fact?

Using Big Data to create business value can be the difference between winning and losing for companies

The same companies that hate eDiscovery

My point?

eDiscovery will become another IM“use-case”

Data will be Identified, Preserved, Analyzed without ever leaving the network

eDiscovery will become another IM“use-case”

Relevance will be determined from the classification of the data

eDiscovery will become another IM“use-case”

Privilege will just be another algorithm set

eDiscovery will become another IM“use-case”

Some call this “Information Governance”

eDiscovery will become another IM“use-case”

I call it “the future”

OK, so maybe I lied

OK, so maybe I lied

It’s not so much “dying” as “transforming”

Into something that creates value

You need to transform yourselves too

Take off those risk-colored glasses

What are you afraid of?

There are trillions at stake!

This is a matter of corporate survival

There are trillions at stake!

This is a matter of corporate survival

And companies do not want to hear that they shouldn’t do this because eDiscovery might cost them thousands of dollars

So where is your future in the world of big data?

(HINT: These people are not “beginning a promising career in the boating industry”)

Privacy

“You have no privacy, get over it”- Scott McNeely, former CEO, Sun Microsystems

Security

Data rights?

Who owns the data?Who gets to use it?What infringes their rights?What should those rights be?How long should those rights last?What recourse do they have when (not “if”) somebody infringes?

International issues

Other cultures have a different view of “rights”

International issues

You don’t “get over privacy” when the secret police drag away your neighbor

Understanding the data in legal matters

Understanding the data in legal matters

Including (warning! blatant plug), “structured data”

Understanding the data in legal matters

How can you use it?What can you do with it?What can’t you do with it?How do you keep it from disappearing?Or changing?What is the “real” info?Does “real” info even exist anymore?

Understanding the data in legal matters

Most importantly – what can you use?

The good news?

You grew up in a world where there are no unanswerable questions

Where you have effectively free access to virtually all information

Any where

Any time

Then - 15 years agoExceedingly few open paths

I was exceedingly lucky to find a good one

Now - There are many such paths

Now - There are many such paths

Find the path that is right for you

Now - There are many such paths

Find the path that is right for you, or

Now - There are many such paths

Find the path that is right for you, or

Make your own path

Make your own path