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Social media has undoubtedly changed the way we communicate, and is beginning to displace email as the preferred method of communication for many employees in the workplace. But social media is a headache, once we consider legal and compliance best practices when such interactions in the workplace go awry.

Recent research notes that approximately 80% of information stored by companies is “dark data” that is in the form of unstructured, distributed data (generally data on laptops, email and file servers, and social media) that can pose significant legal and operational risks.

Remote collection is becoming more prevalent as more employees work outside the office, but e-discovery companies say it’s part of a larger trend that will continue after COVID-19 subsides.

X1, a provider of distributed data discovery and compliance software, has announced the availability of its flagship X1 Social Discovery platform as software-as-a-service (SaaS) for social media and web content discovery. Global enterprises, federal, state and local governments, law firms and service providers can now use the social media and web collection solution on a per-month basis without needing to install or manage any hardware or software.

I have known Craig Carpenter, CEO of data collection company X1, for almost as long as I have been in eDiscovery. At Relativity Fest in Chicago, I at last had the opportunity to interview him. The context was a newly-announced partnership between X1 and Relativity. Why, I asked, should users be excited about this?

X1, a provider of data discovery and compliance software, has announced the addition of the X1 Social Discovery technology into the RelativityOne and Relativity server platforms. X1 supports electronically stored information (ESI) collection from custodial data sources such as laptops and desktops and social media evidence directly into Relativity and RelativityOne.

Now, whether a PC or MacOS user, enterprise customers can locate and access data across devices to ensure consistent compliance, legal, IT management, and data protection at the enterprise level, according to X1 CEO Craig Carpenter. 

CEO of X1, Craig Carpenter, joins Tom Fox on this week’s show to chat about how his company is making data accessible for its clients.  Topics include Distributed GRC Solution, quick access, CFIUS and preventing violations.

Idealab company staffs up and moves downtown. Pasadena-based software developer X1 Discovery Inc. is closing out 2019 with a series of big changes. The company moved to a larger headquarters downtown in late November after graduating from Idealab, a startup incubator based in Pasadena and founded by investor and entrepreneur Bill Gross.

Craig Carpenter, the CEO of X1, a data search tool that can be used for e-discovery and to track data, spoke to Corporate Counsel about how X1 is being used in the wake of CCPA and GDPR and skills GCs who hope to move to the C-suite should have.

X1’s focus is on unstructured data. Originally built as a desktop search tool, the technology now focuses on e-discovery and investigations, looking to find, analyze and act on unstructured data at the end point before it moves downstream to review. Speaking with Legaltech News last week, Carpenter said X1’s position aligns well of with his vision of the e-discovery marketplace, where the goal is to “move the strategy formation phase up to the beginning, as opposed to later in the process.”

Enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), begins May 25, 2018, and significantly reshapes the information governance landscape for organizations worldwide that control, process or store the data of European residents. GDPR significantly increases the maximum fines that may be imposed against an organization; up to 4% of annual global revenue or €20 million (whichever is higher). Hear from experts at Duff & Phelps, Foley & Lardner, and X1 on: prioritizing GDPR compliance actions; successes and cautions learned up to now; why an effective and operational information governance capability is essential to GDPR compliance; and more.

Law enforcement and law firms often use social discovery tools either in house or through vendors to preserve social media websites or app information, in anticipation of litigation. Bloomberg BNA’s Digital Discovery & e-Evidence group uncovers how X1 Social Discovery helps attorneys, eDiscovery consultants and law enforcement to capture large amounts of publicly available information and gain insights into how juries operate (including evidence of misconduct), corroborate or impeach witnesses, and more.

Brett Burney, eDiscovery expert of Burney Consultants LLC and freelance writer for Legaltech News Magazine conducts a product review of X1 Social Discovery version 5, in their September issue and states, “a single license of X1 Social Discovery is affordable and necessary for the smallest domestic issue all the way up to the largest civil litigation matter…the interface is impressive and logical.”

Don’t miss X1’s Interview with TechTarget’s enterprise mobility blogger, Jack Madden, at VMworld 2015, covering X1 Search Virtual Edition (VDI) and our new mobile search solution, X1 Search Mobile.

Technology media company TechTarget, Inc. announced the winners of the “Best of VMworld” 2015 Awards at the VMworld 2015 conference held last week in San Francisco and sponsored by VMware, Inc. X1 earns finalist award in the Desktop Virtualization and End-User Computing category.

M. David Stone, a technology reporter for PCMag.com, awards Editor’s Choice to X1 for “Best Desktop Search” solution and provides an in-depth review of the business productivity tool. Stone highlights the easy setup, the speed at finding any file or email message, and that it works with SharePoint, Gmail and Yahoo Mail, and files stored in a Box online storage account.

X1 Social Discovery is the leading social media and website collection, preservation, and ECA tool on the market. Customers love it for many reasons. Now, X1 is partnering with D4 and Duff & Phelps to make Social Discovery available on a hosted basis. This has numerous benefits…

It is always gratifying to receive market recognition for your products. At X1, there is major momentum around the X1 Search Virtual product that enables desktop search in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), without the need for Windows indexing (which chews up a lot of VDI resources). Because the user experience is key to …

Attend our live webinar on Tuesday, February 24 to hear from search and productivity experts, Dante DeWitt, former CIO of Wells Fargo and Bank of Montreal, and Sue Becker, productivity consultant with Spark Productivity, on strategies and best practices for remaining productive and real-world perspectives on how business productivity search provides meaningful ROI in a way that traditional enterprise search cannot…

It’s that time again: time to prognosticate about what the coming year will bring in our search software market. Lest anyone think search is a stale market, there are foundational deals now in place that illuminate how this market will evolve in an exciting…

Too often, eDiscovery professionals and investigators rely on methods – like screen printing – for social media discovery that are impossible to authenticate. And now, the Courts have taken notice. With a higher bar set for defensible collection in social media, it is time for a more practical approach to social discovery. On December 16, join legal and forensic experts, Craig Ball and Patrick Burke as they examine these best practices.

Join us for a complimentary webinar to see how to deploy enterprise search solutions in ways that make both end-users and IT departments happy. This webinar will demonstrate why and how to put end-user experience first. This webinar is free, but space is limited.

Next week, the VMworld conference kicks off and all of us at X1 are excited. VMworld gives X1 the opportunity to introduce our newly-minted VMware Ready products – X1 Search, X1 Search Virtual Edition, and X1 Rapid Discovery to VMware users. Perhaps more importantly…

As social media becomes an increasing component of modern life, so too will its roll in investigations and eDiscovery. Learn about the methodologies, best practices and nuances of properly collecting data from the Internet’s most popular social networks and explore the differences between social media as a data source for intelligence gathering and social media collection for courtroom use.

Over the past decade, search has continued to be the most important productivity gain in both the consumer and enterprise worlds. Enterprise Strategist and Analyst, Joel Oleson, writes about the market changes for business productivity and desktop search and recommends X1’s desktop search software, X1 Search, as a premium solution to address these business needs.

On April 10, join Barry Murphy, SVP of product marketing and strategy at X1 and Vasu T.N., technical marketing lead at Citrix, on a complimentary technical webinar on harnessing the benefits of VDI while maintaining and improving end–user productivity.

Pasadena-based X1 closed a $2.2 million partial close last week to prepare for key hires to power its enterprise search solution. X1’s team will be beefing itself up with an overload of developer hires as well as customer support hires to deal with their large enterprise customers.

Digital Shield, a recognized leader in computer forensics training and accreditation, now offers a 3-day X1 Social Discovery Certification Course teaching digital forensic examiners and eDiscovery practitioners the foundational skills and knowledge needed to collect, analyze and review evidence from social media networks.

The New York Times’ analysis of social media evidence handling by law enforcement, criminal investigators and prosecutors.

Join attorneys from Reed Smith and X1 in a complimentary webinar focused on the challenges and best practices associated with SharePoint search, preservation and collection and gain insights into the standards and requirements for proficient legal holds and eDiscovery of SharePoint sites.

Join us for a complimentary webinar, to hear from search & IT strategists, Jody Elkins, Vice President at Agile360 and Michael Devin, Vice President of Search Solutions at X1, on overcoming search challenges in virtual desktop environments and learn how to maximize your Citrix or VMWare investment with game-changing X1 Search.

Jim Ehrenberg, a certified SharePoint architect and managing partner at SharePoint Pros, writes an unsolicited recommendation for X1 Search highlighting the native SharePoint search as blazing fast.

In order to train federal law enforcement agents on techniques for gathering evidence from social media content, Web sites, Web mail and YouTube videos, FLETC intends to procure perpetual licenses and software maintenance of X1 Social Discovery.

Join Amazon Web Services (AWS), LTech, an AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting partner along with X1, a leader in search for virtual environments for a discussion on user-friendly enterprise search and eDiscovery solutions on the AWS cloud.

X1 has released the biggest upgrade of its desktop search tool in four years, adding the ability to query SharePoint sites and tap webmail accounts. Read complete article by news reporter, Juan Carlos.

X1, the innovative desktop search vendor that rose to prominence a decade ago, has reinvented itself once again. Read complete article by technology reporter, Robert Mitchell.

The partnership with Ingram Micro marks an important milestone in X1’s move to a reseller channel sales strategy. Read complete article by technology and channel writer, Gina Roos.

John Patzakis recounts a substantive and detailed webinar discussion with eDiscovery Journals’ Greg Buckles on the nuances, pitfalls and opportunities associated with eDiscovery of data from SharePoint sites.

X1 unpacks the holy grail for information management and eDiscovery readiness – how to effectively remediate legacy data

Barry Murphy of eDiscovery Journal reports on survey results associated with eDiscovery on information stored in the cloud

Even Koblentz, Technology Reporter for Law Technology News, covers X1 Rapid Discovery and its use in the cloud

eDiscovery Solutions Group recommends X1 Social Discovery as the only solution for social media eDiscovery and investigations

EDD Update reports on X1 Social Discovery and the increased number of cases involving social media evidence.

Christine Taylor of the Taneja Group divides the vendor landscape into four general areas and claims ad-hoc social media searches can never reach the level of speed and defensibility that X1 Social Discovery is able to do.