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Fios® Delivers ESI Content Maps to Help Clients Prepare for FRCP 26(f) Discovery Conferences

ESI Content Maps Delivered by Fios' e-Discovery Consultants a Crucial Element to Discovery Response Planning

PORTLAND, Ore., October 29, 2007 — Fios® Inc., the leading provider of electronic discovery and litigation readiness services, is delivering ESI Content Maps to help clients become "litigation ready" for Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 26(f) "meet and confer" discovery conferences. Fios' ESI Content Maps enable corporations to identify where potentially responsive electronically stored information (ESI) resides throughout the enterprise, assess its relevance to a particular matter, and determine appropriate protocols for preserving and collecting the ESI. The content maps provide counsel with a realistic understanding of how burdensome it might be to comply with pending discovery requests and negotiate favorable e-discovery plans.

"Fios has been delivering ESI content maps as part of our litigation readiness services to dozens of large corporate clients over the past year and a half," said Prashant Dubey, vice president and general manager of Fios' Discovery Management Services consulting group. "The proven methodology and tools we have built to help clients create ESI Content Maps are critical to the overall discovery response planning process and play a tremendous role in helping them demonstrate good faith during negotiations, as well as reduce costs, risks and time in their overall response practices."

Fios' ESI Content Maps provide counsel with details about the content repositories that are likely to contain potentially responsive ESI for discovery. The maps serve as a knowledge base for both legal and IT staff, capturing information that is vital for the efficient identification, preservation, and collection of ESI for discovery. Different from a typical "network topology" map that an IT department might maintain to identify physical components of an enterprise network, Fios' ESI Content Maps provide details for discovery relating to the attributes of the content being stored throughout the enterprise.

Fios' ESI Content Maps are delivered as part of the overall discovery response planning services provided by Fios. As part of the process, Fios e-discovery consultants help clients:

Assess discovery requirements for the specific matter and/or overall discovery response practices
Identify the types of records and files that may be subject to a preservation obligation or discovery request
Identify the content repositories where the ESI resides
Create a framework for utilizing the ESI Content Map when responding to discovery
Establish processes for developing, maintaining and continually updating the ESI Content Map to insure and enhance its defensibility and usefulness over time.

Fios' ESI Content Maps are delivered in a variety of formats, depending on client needs and available data systems. Such formats include, but are not limited to, simple word documents, spreadsheets and database applications that may be accessed directly, via a web-based portal, or through existing IT application inventory or database systems. More information regarding Fios' ESI Content Maps and discovery response planning services can be found on Fios' website at www.fiosinc.com/corporations.

About Fios, Inc.

Serving the legal community since 1999, Fios Inc. is committed to helping corporations and supporting outside counsel reduce the costs, risks and time associated with electronic discovery. Fios' IT-enabled readiness and response services are based on an in-depth knowledge of litigation and information technology. Headquartered in Portland, Ore., Fios is backed by top investors, including 3i, Fluke Ventures, FBR CoMotion, Digital Partners and Banyan Capital Partners, and has offices and professional staff throughout the continental United States. Fios is also the principal sponsor of the leading Internet portals: DiscoveryResources.org, ComplianceResources.org and TechnologyCounsel.org. For more information about the company and its services, visit http://www.fiosinc.com.

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