This IDC study provides an overview of the electronic discovery and litigation support infrastructure market, a segment of the compliance infrastructure market. IDC defines the compliance infrastructure segment as a competitive market. Competitive markets are combinations of whole or fractions of functional markets that reflect such market dynamics as the problem being solved or the technology on which it is based. This study provides an overview of the research methodology, definitions, and segmentation so clients understand how the program sizes and forecasts the opportunity for players within the electronic discovery and litigation support segment.

"The electronic discovery process has been predominantly reactive and inefficient," says Vivian Tero, senior research analyst, Compliance Infrastructure. "End-user organizations have expressed a desire to leverage the information infrastructure so that they can enhance their existing discovery and risk assessment strategies and build better cost predictability. Leading-edge organizations are beginning to realize the existence of common data sets and processes between the management of information for regulatory compliance and for electronic discovery. These organizations are beginning to investigate opportunities to take advantage of these commonalities. These developments will impact the dynamics in the traditional electronic discovery supplier markets."