From text messages to social media data, information held on a mobile device is admissible in court, but collecting and analyzing such data is far more difficult than doing so from desktop computers. In many cases, the inability to properly control and review mobile device data is posing significant compliance and legal risks for companies.

Given the growing need to tame mobile device data, e-discovery service providers are racing to create mobile-focused solutions and processes. QDiscovery is one of the latest to release a mobile e-discovery-related service, with its recent launch of QMobile Insight. Here's a look at what the service offers, the technology it uses and how QDiscovery strives to set itself apart from a growing field of competitors.

What it is: QMobile Insight is a service for general counsel and law firms that collects and reformats mobile device data so it can be used in proprietary e-discovery platforms like kCura's Relativity and Exterro's e-discovery suite.