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eDiscovery Operations & Technology Consulting
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George Jon has successfully designed, migrated, managed, and secured eDiscovery platforms for the past 15 years. This in-depth work has allowed our team of technology consultants and engineers to develop, test and optimize a comprehensive list of proven, eDiscovery-specific best practices to benefit our clients.
In leveraging this real-world experience industry-wide, George Jon has built a prominent consulting presence. Our efforts were initially focused on assessing the architecture and configuration of eDiscovery technology platforms, but have since evolved to include end-to-end operating model optimization, from security best practices to workflow efficiencies, and much more.
Today, all of our consulting engagements start with the construction of a solution framework and comprehensive work plan to clearly define the current state of the client’s systems, identifying gaps and delivering relevant and impactful recommendations for the future. All of our assessments deliver both quantitative and qualitative findings, along with qualified recommendations, and an implementation roadmap for achieving the desired outcome.
Depending on the depth and breadth of the assessment, the start-to-finish timeline will vary from 4 to 12 weeks. Following the completion of a consulting engagement, our team can also drive plan implementation, ensuring that articulated benefits and bottom-line results are met for each and every client.
Assessments ROI
Common Topics and Real-World Outcomes
George Jon assessments assist in driving the viability of your business model and, when executed upon properly, typically result in both immediate and long-term cost savings for both operations and technology, yielding a significant positive return on investment.
Right-Sizing
GJ consulting can maximize available resources to eliminate unnecessary servers (and wasted expenses).
OUTCOME
GJ shuffled VM resources for a client as an assessment output that resulted in annual operational savings of $14K.
Licensing
GJ reviews licensing accounts to discourage overprovisioning of Microsoft SPLA and eDiscovery Applications.
OUTCOME
GJ saved one service provider $81K/year on SPLA licenses and another service provider $147K/year on wasted eDiscovery licenses.
Performance
GJ Performance reviews can identify issues such as system misconfigurations and wasted spending on expensive storage for Hyperconvergence.
OUTCOME
GJ enabled a service provider to achieve a 50% decrease in time to publish documents with Relativity Processing.
Platform Management
GJ’s monthly managed service fee is typically the same cost as 1-2 FTEs, depending on the environment scale, and 3-4X less than a client’s usual spend.
OUTCOME
GJ saved a service provider $265,000 in annual environment management fees as an assessment outcome.
Platform Scaling
Our longstanding relationship with Dell enables our architects to design eDiscovery-specific infrastructure solutions leveraging mid-range hardware as opposed to expensive, bleeding-edge tech that is traditionally cost-ineffective.
OUTCOME
GJ Environment Scaling is typically 30%-60% less expensive than attempting to use costly, off-the-shelf solutions.
GJAdvisory Programs
Strategic Roadmap Consulting
This high-level consulting program is structured to synthesize executive business priorities and the Target State of your eDiscovery business against current realities and roadblocks. The GJ team will map together findings and develop a detailed, 3-year roadmap that includes technology, people and process. This roadmap will include medium- and long-term recommendations, along with an overarching implementation plan, outlining timelines, costs and required change initiatives.
eDiscovery Environment Assessments
A deep-dive analysis of your eDiscovery workflow, from collections to productions, working to identify levers for automation, increased throughput, cost savings, and reporting enhancements. Whether your team is considering a new application/tool to drive workflow and would like a 3rd party review, or you are looking to completely redesign and start fresh, our team has the experience and resources to steer you in the right direction.
Platform Architecture & Design
Our technology solution design program considers the critical balance of platform performance, security and costs. Our team of industry experts and solution architects will work with your team to understand platform and enterprise requirements from every angle, ultimately designing a scalable, effective and secure eDiscovery platform that leverages our 15 years of best practices.
Workflow Optimization
A deep-dive analysis of your eDiscovery workflow, from collections to productions, working to identify levers for automation, increased throughput, cost savings, and reporting enhancements. Whether your team is considering a new application/tool to drive workflow and would like a 3rd party review, or you are looking to completely redesign and start fresh, our team has the experience and resources to steer you in the right direction.
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