IntApp and Recommind Partner to Strengthen Confidentiality Controls for Law Firms

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Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:00am EDT

Recommind Integrating Its Decisiv(TM) Email Email Management
Platform with IntApp's Wall Builder Confidentiality Management
Product, Enabling Firms to Give Attorneys Rapid Access to Client
Information While Maintaining Internal Access Controls
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
IntApp, Inc., the leading provider of risk management, time
capture and integration software for the legal industry, and
Recommind, the leading provider of enterprise search, email management
and eDiscovery systems for enterprises and law firms, today jointly
announced a partnership to deliver enhanced information access and
confidentiality controls for the legal industry.

   Through the partnership, Recommind is integrating its email filing
solution, Decisiv Email, with Wall Builder, IntApp's confidentiality
management product. Wall Builder enables organizations to centrally
control, monitor and report on user access permissions across multiple
applications including document management, accounting, CRM and
records management systems.

   Law firms must closely manage and track internal access to client
information for many reasons. These include waiver-driven ethical
screens, client outside counsel guidelines, and compliance with
regulations such as SEC, SOX, HIPAA, ITAR and European Union Market
Abuse and Privacy Directives.

   In many environments, attorneys and staff are individually
responsible for setting security limitations on restricted internal
documents and data. This approach can result in omissions or errors
that leave sensitive client or firm information exposed and accessible
by unintended parties. By centralizing law firm confidentiality
management, Wall Builder serves as a single, authoritative repository
of confidentiality policies and automated enforcer of access
permissions.

   This challenge is particularly acute with email. Though e-mail is
a critical business tool in the practice of law today, many firms do
not maintain highly organized client- and matter-centric "files" of
email-based information for efficient, secure, auditable access by
appropriate practitioners. Decisiv(TM) Email enables firms to address
email management challenges with sophisticated conceptual search and
categorization technology that automatically organizes and files
critical email-based information with virtually no user involvement.

   "Law firms that rely on manual information management and security
procedures - particularly those relating to email - face increased
information access risk," said Derek Schueren, Vice President of
Business Development, Recommind. "By using Recommind's Decisiv Email
application in conjunction with IntApp Wall Builder, firms can give
attorneys quick access to the information they need to be effective,
while enforcing real-time confidentiality controls."

   "We're pleased to partner with Recommind to certify their Decisiv
Email application for Wall Builder," said Pat Archbold, Vice President
of IntApp's Risk Practice. "Together, our products provide law firms
with greater visibility of and control over sensitive client
information stored within their organizations, reconciling conflicting
demands for high information availability and stringent access rules."

   About IntApp

   IntApp provides software solutions that enable law firms to
increase attorney billability, ensure client confidentiality and
maximize staff productivity. With over 100 customers, including 35% of
the 200 largest US firms as ranked by The American Lawyer, and a
vibrant partner community, IntApp has been embraced and endorsed as an
industry standard. Wall Builder replaces ad hoc approaches to
information security with a centralized enforcement tool. It's the
only product for law firms that delivers real-time enforcement while
updating access rights in response to attorney behavior to ensure that
policies are kept up to date automatically. For more information,
visit: intapp.com.

   About Recommind

   Recommind's enterprise search and categorization platform
automatically organizes, manages, and distributes large volumes of
information from multiple sources. With faster access to the right
information, organizations can save time, enhance the quality of work
product, increase the value of information assets, and improve
competitiveness and profits. Recommind customers include Bertelsmann,
BMW, Cleary Gottlieb, Davies Arnold Cooper, Novartis, Lewis Silkin,
Shearman & Sterling and the Australian Government. Recommind is
headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, Boston,
Chicago, Atlanta, London, and Bonn, Germany.

   "IntApp" and "Wall Builder" are trademarks of IntApp, Inc. Other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

IntApp, Inc.
Dan Bressler, 650-852-0400
or
LEWIS PR for Recommind
Chris Ulbrich, 415-992-4400

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