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inData & Summation Announce Tighter Integration between Litigation Support and Trial Presentation Packages
New integration permits licensees with TrialDirector® Suite 3.0 and Summation Blaze® LG products to search transcripts and simultaneously view text and video deposition, among other features.

Gilbert, Ariz. and San Francisco, Calif. - December 4, 2001 - inData Corporation, publisher of leading trial preparation and presentation software, has announced the release of the TrialDirector Suite, version 3.0. This new version of TrialDirector integrates tightly with the Summation Blaze LG Family of products from Summation Legal Technologies, Inc., publisher of America's most popular litigation support software. With the new level of integration, users of the two applications can:

  • Open up TrialDirector Suite modules (DepositionDirector, DocumentDirector and TrialDirector) from within Summation
  • Review synchronized video depositions in DepositionDirector while searching and reviewing a transcript in Summation, and automatically make video clips of corresponding highlighted testimony
  • Easily exchange image information from one program to the other, maintaining all document integrity and image table data
  • Launch TrialDirector while conducting searches in Summation, so documentary evidence can be presented on the fly (during cross-examination, for example)

"Summation and inData have long been recognized by the litigation community as best of breed solutions in the lit support and trial presentation categories," said Brent Sandstrom, chief executive officer of inData Corporation. "By seamlessly integrating our TrialDirector Suite with Summation iBlaze, we give litigators a faster, easier and more comprehensive way of preparing compelling cases and presenting evidence with maximum impact."

"Something that I had long coveted for trial preparation," said Jon Sigerman, an AV rated litigator and president of Summation Legal Technologies, "was the capacity to use Summation's ultra-powerful global search capability to search for testimony and exhibits needed for trial, navigate via the Summation full-text deposition view to the corresponding video deposition segment in a trial presentation program, and designate the testimony selected for clipping in a Summation annotation. From there, I wanted to be able to navigate back to the Summation global search results that yielded the key deposition segments, cherry pick all or some of the documents uncovered in the search, and batch send their images into a multi-media enabled trial exhibit folder. With the release of the Summation Blaze LG family version 1.1a, and the magnificent application of Summation's scripting object model by inData in their new product release, I can do all of the above, and more, with Summation operations that are regularly used in all phases of the litigation and second nature to me (as well as, a multitude of other Summation users)."

In addition to the integration with Summation Blaze LG products, the TrialDirector Suite 3.0 includes over 100 new features, including a PowerPoint Plug-in that allows users to incorporate TrialDirector data (including film clips) within PowerPoint slides; Cross Transcript Searching & Transcript Mini-Script printing within the DepositionDirector module; 3D object Support; Shockwave Flash Support, and all new user interface and dialogs. For a comprehensive list of features, visit www.indatacorp.com/software/softwarefeature.asp.
The Summation Blaze LG family of products represents the latest generation of litigation support products from the leader in litigation support. Summation Blaze LG products combine transcript management, remote and local document retrieval, and an Interactive Realtime deposition tool, into one seamlessly integrated program. The LG product line includes Summation iBlaze, the legal profession's first and only online/offline, integrated litigation support solution. Its reach extends to both remote and local information, including that self-contained in a portable computer, served over a firm's network, or hosted via the Internet. For more information, visit http://info.summation.com/products/.

About inData
inData, based in Gilbert, Arizona, is the creator of the highly successful TrialDirector Suite of trial preparation and presentation software. The suite includes Document Director, for document and exhibit management; Deposition Director, for editing and incorporating deposition video into trial presentations; and Trial Director, courtroom presentation software. The company also offers a full range of litigation support services, from document coding and electronic data discovery to videotape synchronization and conversion and high speed scanning. An expert team of inData trial technology consultants assists litigators with courtroom presentation development, set up and technology management during both pre-trial and trial. This team has consulted on some of the most high profile trials in recent years, such as Unabomber, U.S. v General Dynamics and Minnesota Tobacco litigation. Online, inData continues to revolutionize court reporting deliverables through its LegalSpan LLC. For more information on inData products and a list of current resellers, visit www.indatacorp.com, or call 800-828-8292.

About Summation
Summation Legal Technologies, Inc. is a privately held company based in San Francisco, California, where it pioneered PC-based integrated litigation support software in 1988. The company's products are now in use by over 50,000 litigation professionals in law firms large and small, in corporations, and in government agencies. These products have been used in many high profile cases, such as the Department of Justice's case versus Microsoft led by David Boies (see Businessweek, 3/15/99). Summation is a recognized leader in its field, and has won numerous awards, including Law Office Computing's Readers' Choice Award (six consecutive years); top billing in litigation support in the AmLaw Tech Survey of America's top 100 law firms (three consecutive years); the Legal Assistant Today Technology Survey (three consecutive years); and the TechnoLawyer "@" award (three consecutive years). For more information on Summation products, visit www.summation.com, or call 800.735.7866.


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