 1. Before the “e” was in e-discovery, legal teams manually separated and clustered relevant documents together to understand the relevant facts. |  2. A lot has changed since then. We’ve moved to online software that provides functionality to do the e-discovery process faster, but not necessarily better. |
 3. At the end of the day, you’re still going through the whole e-discovery process before you find the important materials and understand the key concepts within the matter. |  4. But, there is a better way to do e-discovery. Analytics tools enable you to visualize and summarize data. They can present multiple data points and enable you to drill down into important data. |
 5. You can also find key facts earlier in the process. This can help you reduce the amount of data to collect, process and review. Overall, this leads to a dramatic reduction in your e-discovery costs. |  6. However, reducing cost isn’t the only advantage. You will better understand the strengths and weaknesses of your case and be more effective at developing case strategy. |