E-discovery is no longer just about litigation. Increasingly, customers are asking their e-discovery providers for a wider array of data and risk management services, particularly outside the U.S. where internal investigation and compliance issues have led many law firms and corporations to adapt e-discovery services to other needs.

Advanced Discovery has seen this shift firsthand. The company has used its M&A strategy to capture various segments of the rapidly consolidating e-discovery market. Now, Advanced Discovery is making a move to fortify its risk management offering, announcing today the acquisition of e-discovery expertise and technology provider Altep.

Altep specializes in helping both law firms and corporations solve complex, data-driven e-discovery issues by relying on a number of different staff specialists, including those in analytics, review, specialists, infrastructure, and sales. The 23 year-old company has also focused on data incident investigation and response, particularly with the development of its Riskcovery predictive risk management technology.