Sherpa Software, an e-discovery and archiving software company, has announced the release of Discovery Attender version 3.5, a tool designed to automate investigative tasks in PST files, Exchange mailboxes, public folders and common storage areas.

Discovery Attender 3.5 helps companies quickly find and produce ESI with new features including: "Text Viewer with Hit Highlighting," a new, integrated text viewer that presents files and messages with keyword hits revealed as highlighted text; no additional applications need to be installed; and "Export to EML," a new action that allows users to export messages from PSTs, mailboxes or archives to the widely used EML message format.

With the newest product release, too, Advanced Results Filter and Deduplication screens have been simplified to use a wizard-based setup; making customization easier, while reducing errors and clarifying criteria. The updated Discovery Attender also includes a Combined Exception Log, helping users organize exceptions encountered during the search process. Details about all exceptions are stored in one location, which eases the review of electronically stored information by allowing a user to collect, group, review and export these items for further processing.

Discovery Attender is designed to be as non-invasive as possible and reduce the time and cost associated with e-discovery. It assists IT, litigation support and legal teams in searching live data stores and maintains a chain of custody by effectively gathering and producing information in a timely manner.

Find more information about Discovery Attender here.