Leading Law Firms Embrace EVault's Online Data Protection and Recovery Solutions

Walnut Creek, Calif., May 13, 2002 – EVault, Inc., the leading provider of online data protection and recovery solutions, announced that another four leading North American law firms have chosen EVault to automate and streamline backup and recovery operations. Using EVault’s Data Protection Service, these firms are performing and managing backup and recovery via the Internet and coordinating the entire process remotely, from a central location, at a much lower cost. The four law firms – Fraser, Milner, Casgrain; Weizenecker, Rose, Mottern & Fisher, P.C.; Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson; and Schuering, Zimmerman & Scully – have already reported significantly lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and subsequent management cost savings as a result of EVault’s streamlined data protection and recovery process.

Law Firms See TCO lowered by up to 200% With EVault

Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson originally used tape-based backup, which, as they continued to grow, began limiting their capabilities. The staff was unable to perform immediate, file-level recoveries, such as email message-level saves. The firm also wanted to speed up the backup process, reduce management time and increase efficiency in coordinating backup and recovery operations across their two offices. The organization chose EVault after calculating the technology would result in a 200% reduction in TCO by reducing man-hours and saving thousands of dollars on the purchase of additional tape hardware. "We’re very impressed with EVault’s ability to provide us with unparalleled flexibility in our backup and recovery process," said Tom Hines, CIO, Meyers Nave. "This flexibility increases our chances of recovering from a disaster in more than half the time than our old system would have allowed."

A 1,500-person firm with more than 200GB of data spread across six locations, Fraser, Milner, Casgrain (FMC), needed a faster, more efficient and company-wide data protection and recovery process that could be managed centrally. After testing and recognizing its consistent ability to deliver those requirements, FMC selected EVault to replace their existing tape-based system to conduct backup and recovery operations. "With EVault, we are able to backup data and perform restores in about a half-hour," said Lewis Robbins, CIO, FMC. "That’s what makes EVault so important for law firms. The true benefit for us lies in the speed with which you can use EVault to recover data, regardless of how much information you are backing up. It’s much, much faster and more reliable than tape."

"Law firms are facing many challenges right now, including explosive data growth, tightening IT budgets and the need to efficiently manage backup and recovery across the entire organization, including branch offices. These challenges are making traditional data backup and recovery solutions no longer an option," said Alston Noah, CEO, EVault. "Customers -- not only those in the legal industry but in financial and healthcare as well – are turning to EVault for online backup and recovery technology that provides secure, effective and reliable solutions that save time and money."