“For instance,” Appelbaum continues with respect to workflows, “newer streams of data, mainly Teams chat data, things like that, aren’t yet handled in a clean format. Our people are working with Epiq to format that chat data such that it’s easier for end teams to actually review and produce.”
Epiq is helping Dykema transform documents that appear as a daunting spreadsheet log into something that approximates what’s seen on a mobile phone— conversations that are far more readable, context-aware, and reviewable. “Everybody knows what an iPhone text message stream looks like,” Appelbaum states. “If we can get it to that, it definitely helps us versus carving up an Excel report.”
Dykema is also working with Epiq to transition to cloudbased RelativityOne. “They know our workflow pretty well,” Appelbaum says, “and they’re well positioned to help us transition slowly. They have been very flexible in helping us plan for the future, at our pace.” Epiq is creating a RelativityOne environment for Dykema such that, Appelbaum explains, “whenever we are ready, they are ready for us.”