Guidance Software Again Recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery Software

Company Named a Market Leader for Fourth Consecutive Year for EnCase® eDiscovery

PASADENA, Calif.--()--Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID), the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, has been named a “leader” in Gartner Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for e-discovery software, in its fourth annual industry report. Guidance Software has appeared in the leaders’ quadrant every year since the report’s inception. Gartner evaluated 22 e-discovery software vendors to help buyers pick the right one for their needs.

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According to the report, “The Leaders in this year’s Magic Quadrant have four primary characteristics: first, they have solid functionality that meets one or more requirements of the left-hand side of the EDRM — identification, preservation or legal hold, collection and processing, plus early case assessment (ECA) — and one or more aspects of the right-hand side — processing, review, analysis and production; the second characteristic is that Leaders’ business models clearly demonstrate a focus on software development and sales, as opposed to the provision of services; Leaders must also show a good mix of corporate, law firm and global jurisdiction buying centers among their clients; the final characteristic is that Leaders perform well financially in terms of market share and from a growth perspective.”1

“We believe Guidance Software is well positioned to serve organizations of all sizes looking to bring e-discovery in house with our best-in-class product capabilities and services, as well as a transparent pricing model,” said Alex Andrianopoulos, vice president of Marketing for Guidance Software. “And, with the reveal of our game changing new Linked Review technology at CEIC 2014, we have demonstrated that our ongoing investment in EnCase eDiscovery innovation enables us to continue to lead the market.”

EnCase® eDiscovery is an industry-leading electronic discovery (e-discovery) product addressing the end-to-end e-discovery needs of corporations and government agencies. Comprehensive and scalable, it effectively manages electronically stored documents for litigation, arbitration, and internal or regulatory investigations resulting in significant reductions in the risk and cost associated with e-discovery. The complete product portfolio spans legal hold, identification, collection, preservation, processing, first-pass review, best-in-class ECA, review, and production capabilities.

1 Gartner, Inc., “2014 Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery Software,” by Jie Zhang, Debra Logan, Garth Landers, June 19, 2014, pages 26 and 27

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About Guidance Software, Inc.

Guidance Software is recognized worldwide as the industry leader in endpoint investigation solutions for security incident response and forensic analysis. Its EnCase® Enterprise platform, deployed on an estimated 20 million endpoints, is used by more than 65 percent of the Fortune 100 and more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500, and numerous government agencies, to conduct digital investigations of servers, laptops, desktops and mobile devices. Built on the EnCase Enterprise platform are market-leading cyber security and electronic discovery solutions, EnCase® Cybersecurity, EnCase® Analytics, and EnCase® eDiscovery. They empower organizations to conduct speedy and thorough security incident response, reveal previously hidden advanced persistent threats or malicious insider activity, perform sensitive data discovery for compliance purposes, and respond to litigation discovery requests. For more information about Guidance Software, visit www.encase.com.

EnCase®, EnScript®, FastBloc®, EnCE®, EnCEP®, Guidance Software™, Tableau™ and EnPoint™ are registered trademarks or trademarks owned by Guidance Software in the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be used without prior written permission. All other trademarks and copyrights referenced in this press release are the property of their respective owners.

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Contacts

Guidance Software
Brigitte Engel, 626-229-9191
newsroom@guidancesoftware.com
or
Schwartz MSL
Ross Levanto/Davida Dinerman
781-684-0770
guidance@schwartzmsl.com

Release Summary

Guidance Software Again Recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery Software. Company Named a Market Leader for Fourth Consecutive Year for EnCase® eDiscovery

Contacts

Guidance Software
Brigitte Engel, 626-229-9191
newsroom@guidancesoftware.com
or
Schwartz MSL
Ross Levanto/Davida Dinerman
781-684-0770
guidance@schwartzmsl.com