The results of the Sixth Annual Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey are in — and the winners are … mixed. There is something for everyone to like, and hate, about where this market is headed.

Consumers — mainly the corporations that bear the greatest brunt of the electronic data discovery burden — should be encouraged by the growth in information management services and software. This ups their chances of getting their electronic houses in order before the onset of litigation, investigations, regulatory actions and the like.