“I’ll be completely honest, when I was first asked to look at it as part of the due diligence process, I went in with a preconceived notion,” said Stephen Stewart, chief technology officer at Nuix.

It’s a common refrain, and one I’ve heard about many legal technologies that are considered “legacy” in this still-emerging market. Ringtail released its version 9.5 in July; among some e-discovery observers, that might as well make it from somewhere in the Mesozoic Age.