SpearTip Forensics and Security Services Plus MetaLINCS Software Suite for Analysis Powered E-Discovery Deliver Powerful Regulatory and Litigation Readiness

MetaLINCS, a Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) company, changing the game in E-Discovery with leading software in advanced analytics for litigation readiness, and SpearTip Technologies, a provider of world-class information security consulting, penetration testing, and forensics services, today announced their collaboration to bring superior data security consulting and advanced, analysis driven electronic data discovery to their joint customers.

“Our customers have been waiting for years for an application like MetaLINCS E-Discovery Suite,” said Jarrett Kolthoff CEO of SpearTip.

“We are delighted to be in partnership with SpearTip,” commented Ramon Nuñez, president of the MetaLINCS business unit at Seagate Services.” Continued Nuñez, “SpearTip provides a vital service to its customers, whether an organization does not have the in-house talent pool of security experts or they are simply oversubscribed, SpearTip fills this gap. SpearTip’s deep forensics and security services capabilities will be a great benefit to our customers.” Added Nuñez, “Together, MetaLINCS and Speartip bring a unique and powerful offering to customers who are looking for complete E-Discovery solutions.”

About SpearTip

SpearTip provides expert digital forensics consulting. Rules of evidence-gathering and chain of custody are strictly followed to ensure that the integrity of the information gathered is preserved. SpearTip was founded in 2005 by Jarrett Kolthoff, CISSP, and a former Army Counterintelligence Agent with a background in penetration testing, forensics, and electronic discovery. In 2006, SpearTip merged with Network Technology Partners, a provider of high-end network monitoring and analysis solutions and NTP founder David Wren became a full partner in the company. The company has since grown to include partners around the country, and a growing suite of managed security services and technology.

About MetaLINCS

MetaLINCS, a Seagate Company, is a leading provider of E Discovery software. The company’s flagship product, the MetaLINCS E Discovery Suite, transforms a reactive, complex and costly electronic data discovery burden into a proactive business process that can drive early strategic decisions for general counsels, law firms and government enforcement. With MetaLINCS, corporate attorneys, investigators and litigators can rapidly cut through mountains of unnecessary content to review and understand all the potentially responsive evidence that can make or break their case, while dramatically reducing the time, cost, and complexity of E-Discovery without increasing risk. MetaLINCS enables law firms and corporate legal departments to take control of the E-Discovery process, including the ability to accurately assess resource requirements by project while potentially reducing the overall cost of E-Discovery. For more information visit: http://www.metalincs.com.

About Seagate Services Group

The Seagate Services Group, a division of Seagate Technology, is an industry leader in digital data protection and management. With extensive experience in compliance, business continuity, and disaster recovery Seagate Services has provided over 20,000 customers with innovative solutions to meet their electronic document management needs. The group’s trusted services and solutions are based on the most advanced technologies and are designed to be delivered, deployed and managed to flexibly suit business needs. Comprised of EVault software and SaaS data protection solutions for backup, recovery, archiving and business continuity, Seagate Recovery Services for data recovery, migration, and erasure services; and MetaLINCS enterprise software for intelligent E-Discovery of relevant electronic messages and documents, the Seagate Services Group provides businesses with a full suite of offerings to preserve, protect, recover and discover their most valuable digital data. For more information, please visit http://services.seagate.com.

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