Nextpoint
Nextpoint is a privately held Chicago based technology company that develops and supports a cloud-based, software as a service, multi-tenant platform enabling corporations, governments and law firms to gain command of electronically stored information. Specific areas of expertise are in electronic evidence management and electronic discovery. The company was founded in 2001.
Technology products
The company offers a software-as-a-service, cloud computing platform for use in electronic discovery and evidence management.
Nextpoint is a powerful, on-demand evidence management service designed to work the way legal teams work – from partners to paralegals – for any size firm or any size matter. Nextpoint is unique in supporting the entire lifecycle of a litigation and is not limited to handling only eDiscovery.
The company is notable for its simplified pricing models and user-friendly contracts, as well as the elimination of fees for image processing, upload, and TIF generation and under some plans, the elimination of monthly hosting charges.[1] Nextpoint allows for exports and imports from most existing litigation software platforms including Summation, Concordance, Live Note, OnCue and Trial Director.
Services
The company provides a range of technology, creative and project management services that support each phase of litigation from discovery through verdict. These services allow customers to self-select the amount of support they require on an individual matter. The company is known for regular retentions in high-exposure, high-profile litigation.
Intellectual Property and Technology Innovation
The company develops its own products and has itself developed the underlying code. The company's Research and Development group known as the Nextpoint Technology Lab is located in Madison, WI. The company actively uses and/or contributes to a number of open source platforms including: Ruby, Rails, Mongrel, Capistrano, Merb and MySQL. The company has filed for patents on a number of components of its products. The company’s innovative use of Ajax has been featured numerous times on ajaxian.com[2][3]
Additionally, in 2013 the company was awarded a patent for its unique inventions in bringing cloud computing to the legal industry. Madhava , et al., Method and system for information management, United States Patent 8,447,731 was issued on May 21, 2013.
Thought Leadership
Nextpoint’s senior management appears frequently at seminars and leading litigation technology industry groups. The company supports a number of blogs detailing its philosophy and upcoming development in their product lines including:
- Company Blog – general discussion on litigation technology