Press Release:
 CGOC Launches Online Professional Network and New Portal

Accelerating and facilitating exchange of ideas and expertise

Mountain View, CA, July 31, 2008 — CGOC, a corporate practitioners' forum uniquely focused on retention, preservation, and privacy, announced the launch of the CGOC Professional Network, a new networking site that provides the CGOC community with virtual interaction, and a new state-of-the-art research portal.

"The burdens and requirements of preservation and retention are more complex each year, and benchmarking with peers and getting expert help are more important than ever," said Deidre Paknad, Founder of CGOC, and President and CEO of PSS Systems. "The new online resources are exclusively for practitioners and experts and are a platform for exchanging and engaging more frequently and consistently."

The goal of CGOC has always been to provide a forum for interaction. By bringing together corporate practitioners and industry thought leaders, CGOC has helped legal, records, and compliance executives make better decisions. According to Vivian Tero, Compliance Infrastructure analyst at IDC, "The CGOC forum has done significant work in advancing the legal holds and retention practices of corporations."

Much like social networking sites, the CGOC Professional Network allows practitioners in the retention, discovery and privacy fields to:

  • Browse member profiles for relevant experts and industry peers
  • Create a profile page and share questions and expertise
  • Create or join an existing community group to discuss important topics
  • Publish a blog and invite comments
  • Invite colleagues to join
  • Alerts when colleagues publish new information

The new CGOC portal provides community members a place to find educational and benchmarking resources. From the latest relevant case proceedings to practical guidance, members can find valuable research and opinions from legal experts. This time-saving tool brings some of the best preservation, retention and privacy resources into one central place. Members can access:

  • Articles and papers by CGOC members and thought leaders
  • Case studies and presentations from corporate practitioners
  • Full event proceedings
  • The latest ideas and articles from the founder of CGOC
  • The CGOC Professional Network for personal collaboration
  • Alerts when content on favorite topics are published

The new sites can be accessed at www.cgoc.com.

About CGOC
The CGOC is a community of experts in retention and preservation. Its charter is to create a forum in which legal and compliance executives can get the insight, interaction, and information they need to make good business decisions. It fulfills its charter through an annual CGOC Summit, educational lunch series, executive workshops, and fall working sessions. CGOC Sidebar is a forum for outside counsel assisting corporate clients with preservation and retention programs. The organization was founded by Deidre Paknad, CEO of PSS Systems and a visionary in retention and preservation solutions, to create a continuing, high quality executive level exchange of expertise and information on these fast-changing business issues. For more information visit www.cgoc.com.

About PSS Systems
PSS Systems is the leader in legal governance systems, and its Atlas software is the standard for legal holds and retention policy management. In the early 2000s, the company envisioned a change in legal requirements for corporations, and in 2004 was first to introduce solutions to reduce and control the growing cost and risk for corporate legal departments. The Atlas software suite includes Atlas LCC to streamline legal holds and collection processes end-to-end; Atlas ERM to enable retention programs across disparate countries, business units, information sources, and systems; and Atlas Policy Enforcement Services to automate retention and preservation policy enforcement across various systems and data sources. PSS Systems founded and sponsors the CGOC, a professional community on retention and preservation, and continues to lead the industry through unparalleled innovation and thought leadership on these issues. The privately-held company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. For more information, visit www.pss-systems.com.

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