bit-x-bit Computer Forensic and E-Discovery Services

"Securing Confidential and Trade Secret Information: Battening Down the Hatches "

by Brett Creasy

(February 2010)

Companies, large and small, lose millions of dollars every year when employees take confidential and trade secret information. When an employee leaves and joins a competitor and the competitor suddenly signs a deal with a client, not only do eyebrows get raised, but litigation is likely to follow, particularly if the former employee used confidential company information to lure the client away. Many companies overlook some of the easiest and cost-effective ways to prevent the loss of their proprietary and confidential information. In fact, most companies already have the required tools; they just need to use them.

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News

March 16, 2010 (12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.)

Tech Tips - Part II: E-Discovery in Everyday Cases (Questions and Answers)

David G. Ries, Esq., Thorp Reed
Joseph Decker, Esq., Babst, Calland
Alexander Cianfrocco, Esq., ARCCA, Inc.
Scott Ardisson, CCE, bit-x-bit, LLC
Susan Ardisson, Esq., bit-x-bit. LLC

Presented by the ACBA Technology Utilization Committee

Brown Bag Lunch at Thorp Reed & Armstrong

14th Floor Conference Room, One Oxford Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

January 2010

On staff at bit-x-bit, Sedona Conference trained Special Master and Mediator

CEO, Susan Ardisson, Esq. recently completed the Sedona Conference “E-Discovery Dispute Resolution for Special Masters & Mediators Program.” Highlights of the program included scope and proportionality, cost allocation, and discovery sanctions taught by nationally recognized experts, practitioners, and well known jurists, the Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin and the Honorable John M. Facciola.

(Click here for information about the program)

October 15, 2009

In the Pittsburgh Technology Council's TEQ Magazine:

"At the Intersection of IT and the Law: bit-x-bit builds success with topnotch e-discovery and computer forensic consulting services" by Matthew Pross (October 15, 2009)

(Click here for TEQ article)

In 2008, bit-x-bit received the exclusive endorsement of the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA) to provide computer forensic and e-discovery consulting services to the ACBA’s members.

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A PCKIZ Company

A grant recipient in 2008, bit-x-bit received funding to support expansion and hiring at its offices located in the “Zone” in the historic Frick Building in downtown Pittsburgh. According to Bill Generett, Executive Director of PCKIZ, “the niche market that bit-x-bit serves, the high quality of the services that it provides, and its excellent management team make bit-x-bit a perfect company for PCKIZ to work with in Pittsburgh.”

Approved Pennsylvania ITQ Supplier

bit-x-bit was recently approved as a pre-qualified IT services vendor/supplier for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under its Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) program. As an approved ITQ supplier, the process for procuring bit-x-bit’s services by Pennsylvania state agencies is streamlined so that a separate RFP is not necessary. The process to become a pre-qualified ITQ supplier required the submission and review of favorable client evaluations from a number of bit-x-bit’s clients.