Computer Forensics Inc.™ Announces Agreement with Equivio
to Provide Software for Identifying “Near-Duplicate” Files
to U.S. Legal Market

SEATTLE – January 28, 2005 – Computer Forensics Inc. (CFI), one of the nation’s leading providers of computer discovery services, today announced they have entered into a strategic alliance with Equivio, an Israel-based software developer, in which CFI will become the first company to offer Equivio’s breakthrough “near-duping” software to the U.S. legal marketplace.

Equivio has developed software to identify "near-duplicate" files - primarily email messages and electronic documents - from the huge volume of files that are produced during electronic discovery. By efficiently detecting and grouping near-duplicate files with Equivio's patent-pending technology, CFI can reduce a client's electronic document processing costs by as much as 40 percent.

"Studies show that roughly 70 percent of documents in enterprise environments are duplicates or near-duplicates," said Joan Feldman, founder and president of Seattle-based Computer Forensics Inc. "While existing technology allows litigation support professionals to identify exact copies, Equivio is the among the first to fill the need for finding near-duplicate files, such as those that result from the common practice of adding a superfluous 'thank you' comment to an original email and passing it along.”

According to Feldman, the average cost is $3 per file for collecting an electronic document or email message, reviewing it for privilege, converting it to a digital image, creating a database record for it and then housing the file for future access. If there are four additional near-duplicates that are subjected to that same human screening, the cost for processing what was essentially a single document file would soar to $15 per document. By working with CFI's team of computer discovery professionals, the Equivio software can be used to eliminate that processing redundancy and significantly reduce electronic discovery costs.

"We are delighted to join forces with Equivio because this relationship allows us to offer our clients expanded processing services and litigation support assistance for their electronic discovery needs," said Feldman. "In addition to the substantial cost reductions in electronic document processing that we can now deliver, this breakthrough technology also enables us to perform large-volume data analysis in a much shorter time frame and to greatly lower the risk of errors being made during e-discovery through a more structured approach to the screening and analysis of documents.”

Equivio's product is available for one-on-one demonstrations at LegalTech New York 2005 at the New York Hilton (Booth# 3302), from January 31 to February 2.

About Computer Forensics Inc.

Founded by world-renowned cybersleuth Joan Feldman, Computer Forensics Inc. pioneered the fields of electronic media discovery and electronic risk control in the 1990s, with lawyers relying upon the company's full-time, certified forensic, discovery and testifying experts for everything from tape restoration to hard drive imaging and analysis. The company provides discovery planning and technical services to the nation's most respected law firms and corporate law departments to uncover electronic evidence buried in email files, desktop and laptop computers, network servers and backup tapes.

Computer Forensics Inc. is headquartered in Seattle and operates a regional office in Lawrence, Kansas. For more information, please call (206) 324-6232 or go to www.forensics.com.

About Equivio

Equivio offers patent-pending technology to detect and group near-duplicate files. Equivio creates a compelling ROI in all business situations in which people need to analyze or manage large sets of documents. By grouping near-duplicate files, Equivio enables the review of each set of similar documents as a single coherent entity, systemizing the review process and enhancing efficiency. In addition, the grouping of near-duplicates allows the user to review similar documents by just comparing differences. These capabilities save time and effort, improve review quality and ensure consistent treatment of similar documents. For more information, go to www.equivio.com.

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