Forbes: Reveal CEO on Why Legal Teams Are Rethinking Where Their Data Lives

As eDiscovery teams process ever-growing data volumes, cloud economics are becoming harder to manage. Usage-based pricing that seemed flexible at first can spiral as workloads scale and, of course, AI is only intensifying the challenge.

The solution isn't abandoning the cloud. It's getting strategic about when and how you use it.

In a new Forbes article, Reveal CEO Eric Harmon explores why leading organizations are embracing hybrid infrastructure strategies that balance cloud flexibility with on-premise control.

Key insights from the article:

• Why predictable costs matter more than ever for high-volume matters

• How hybrid environments reduce latency and improve system integration

• What "intentional cloud use" looks like in practice

• Where infrastructure decisions fit into your broader legal tech strategy

Read the full article in Forbes

Private, Public, Hybrid: Legal Tech’s Infrastructure Choice

AI deployment in the legal industry is not a one-size-fits-all strategy. While AI deployment has been fueled by third-party clouds, increasingly sophisticated regulatory obligations and data strategies have legal teams turning back to private deployment systems.  

“Some organizations may prioritize the scalability of third-party public clouds, others may require the control of private deployment systems, and many need a hybrid approach where public and private clouds work in concert,” Harmon writes.

These three main deployment options—third-party public clouds, private deployment systems, and hybrid approaches—are the pillars of legal tech infrastructure strategy in the AI era. The right choice depends on factors like security requirements, business functions, regulatory concerns, data sizes, costs, and legal team structure.  

Harmon champions the hybrid approach, one that 73% of companies have adopted. This adoption is pushed by widespread agreement, as “70% of IT leaders believe that they won’t be able to realize the full potential of a digital transformation without a solid hybrid cloud strategy.” Harmon carefully points out the unique challenges hybrid deployment brings, particularly with data classification, change management, and vendor flexibility.  

Yet, as he puts it, “Hybrid offers the opportunity for firms to deploy the right infrastructure for the right task, at the right time. Cloud when it’s fast and flexible. On-prem when it’s secure and sovereign. And a hybrid approach when it’s all of the above.”

Read the full article here