December 20, 2021 – DALLAS – The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the world’s leading organization for training and certification in e-discovery and part of The BARBRI Group, announces today a new affinity partnership with IG GURU, a news and community site for Information Governance professionals.
IG GURU’s mission to provide industry news and host a community for information governance professionals aligns with ACEDS’ mission to educate the global e-discovery community. Through this partnership, both organizations will collaborate to educate the legal and information technology communities, share content to enhance knowledge, improve practices and policy development in information governance and e-discovery, and bring thought-leaders together for the benefit of their collective members and followers.
“We are super excited to collaborate with IG GURU,” said Mike Quartararo, president of ACEDS. “Andrew Ysasi has been a thought-leader and at the forefront of the Information Governance conversation for many, many years, and as the world collectively moves more to the left of the EDRM, it is important to engage and collaborate with experts that laid the groundwork in the area.” he added.
“eDiscovery and ACEDS have been and will be extremely relevant as Information Governance matures. IG GURU is honored to partner with ACEDS and continue our mission of providing the most relevant industry news to our community,” said Andrew Ysasi, President of IG GURU.
About ACEDS
The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), part of leading legal education provider The BARBRI Group, is a global association for professionals working in e-discovery, information governance, compliance, and the broader legal community. ACEDS provides training and certification in e-discovery and related disciplines to corporate legal departments, law firms, the government, service providers and institutions of higher learning. The CEDS certification is recognized around the world and used to verify skills and competence in electronic discovery for organizations and individuals through training, certification, and ongoing education. The CEDS credential is held by legal professionals at the largest Fortune 500 companies, Am Law 200 firms and government agencies. ACEDS has 26 chapters, with locations in major U.S. cities, the UK, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands, and South Africa. Our goal is to help professionals and organizations reduce the costs and risks associated with e-discovery while helping to improve and verify their skills and advance their careers and overall technology competence in e-discovery and related fields.
About IG GURU®
IG GURU®‘s mission is to provide industry news and host a community for Information Governance (IG) professionals around the world. IG incorporates records management, cyber security, information technology, information privacy, legal (eDiscovery), audit, and compliance to ensure information is protected, managed, and responsibly used throughout an organization.
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