Released on: February 12, 2008, 10:54 pm

Press Release Author: Tom Leh

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: Avacuna reviews best practices for organizations seeking to
realize the benefits of proactive ediscovery compliance, improved data accessibility
and flexible metadata policies for the confidentiality issues associated with
electronically stored information.

Press Release Body: Boca Raton, FL, February 13, 2008 -- Avacuna LLC
(http://www.avacuna.com), a provider of IT compliance, risk assessment and
electronic content management consulting services, today announced the availability
of its white paper, \"Guidelines for Proactive Ediscovery: Improving Data
Accessibility and Simplifying Compliance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."

The white paper is the first release from the company\'s \"Electronic Content & Record
Management Best Practices\" series and reviews the transformation of digital asset
management in contemporary organizations resulting from regulatory obligations,
technological changes and the rapidly changing convenience expectations of internal
and external users.

Avacuna serves the insurance, banking and financial services markets, and the local
government sector. The newly released document addresses the many personalities data
can reveal using legal definitions for electronically stored information, and
reviews the need for a careful balance between privacy and accessibility while
planning Ediscovery policies and procedures.

\"Legal precedents, content management and record retention are dynamically evolving
as a second generation of internet mobility technologies, social networking and
affordable storage accelerate the creation of new data\", said Tom Leh, Avacuna\'s
Managing Partner. \"We\'ve consistently emphasized the advantages of Ediscovery
compliance planning for our clients, along with the many benefits of implementing a
comprehensive metadata strategy. We also understand the complexities and diverse
organizational interests posed by metadata and we are planning further work in this
area. Our goal with this paper is to promote to our customers and the compliance
community vital principles and practices that help ensure pragmatic and defensible
Ediscovery governance programs.\"

The white paper is available for download at Avacuna\'s website.

About Avacuna:
Avacuna LLC is a provider of IT compliance, risk assessment and electronic content
management consulting services. Avacuna's practice areas combine knowledge of
information lifecycle management, general computer controls, internal audits,
ediscovery strategies and regulatory analysis. Avacuna exposes the transactional
value creation potential of information systems governance frameworks and processes
to transform underutilized knowledge capital into competitive advantages and
improved valuations for clients and their stakeholders.

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Web Site: http://www.avacuna.com

Contact Details: Tom Leh
Avacuna LLC
+1 954.719.5126
http://www.avacuna.com