96.5% of eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey responders in the fall of 2018 feel that the business conditions are positive (good or normal). This confidence level is the highest reported for current conditions since the inception of the survey in the fall of 2016.
In the Fall 2018 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, 20.1% of respondents viewed increasing data types as potentially having the greatest impact on their business in the next six months. This percentage is the highest of all concerns represented in the survey. Increasing data volume was also viewed as a considerable issue, with 18.8% of survey respondents noting it as their greatest business concern.
This is the twelfth quarterly eDiscovery business confidence survey conducted by ComplexDiscovery. More than 1,100 individual responses have been received from legal, business, and technology professionals across the eDiscovery ecosystem in the course of the last three years and 85 respondents shared their opinions as part of the fall 2018 survey.
The Predictive Coding Technologies and Protocols Survey is a non-scientific survey designed to help provide a general understanding of the use of predictive coding technologies and protocols from data discovery and legal discovery professionals within the eDiscovery ecosystem.
Summer 2018 eDiscovery Confidence: Survey respondents appear to have a slightly less optimistic view of the business climate this quarter than they did last quarter.
In the Summer of 2018, 22.7% of respondents viewed budgetary constraints as potentially having the greatest business impact on their business in the next six months. This percentage is the highest of all concerns represented in the survey. Increasing types of data are also of great concern, with 21.2% of survey respondents noting it as their greatest business concern.
The Summer 2018 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey is a non-scientific survey designed to provide insight into the business confidence level of individuals working in the eDiscovery ecosystem.
In the Spring of 2018, 22% of respondents viewed budgetary constraints as potentially having the greatest business impact on their business in the next six months. This percentage is the highest of all concerns represented in the survey. Increasing volumes of data are also of great concern, with 21% of survey respondents noting it as their greatest business concern.
The Spring 2018 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey is a non-scientific survey designed to provide insight into the business confidence level of individuals working in the eDiscovery ecosystem.
In the Winter of 2018, 30% of respondents viewed increasing volumes of data as potentially having the greatest business impact on their business in the next six months. This percentage is the highest of all concerns represented in the survey. Increasing volumes of data also appear to have the greatest potential impact now on business than at any time since the Fall of 2016.