software information governance electronic discovery records management compliance analytics headquarters san jose california area served worldwide products zl unified archive zl enterprise analytics number of employees 120 website www.zlti.com zl technologies founded in 1999 as ziplip and headquartered in silicon valley california is an american privately held developer of software for e mail file and unstructured data archiving . the company s principal product unified archive is used by very large enterprises to consolidate all unstructured data into a single repository for the purposes of compliance legal discovery records management and storage optimization . 1 contents 1 background 2 products 3 customers & partnerships 4 analyst standing 5 controversy 6 references 7 external links background edit zl technologies was originally a secure mail carrier . their first customers were telecommunications firms which each had hundreds of thousands of mailboxes requiring a robust architecture . with the explosion of electronic communication during the 2000s the company quickly evolved into a scalable email archiving solution for large organizations . they later included a compliance module enabling financial customers to meet retention and numerous regulatory requirements . 2 products edit zl s philosophy in archiving revolves around a unified data repository . although they offer separate modules for records ediscovery and compliance there is only one data schema and the architecture in which they exist is the same . according to the company this results in only one copy of the document being stored no duplicates a single retention policy and consistent search results . 3 modules ediscovery compliance records management storage optimization enterprise analytics customers & partnerships edit zl technologies currently has strategic and technological partnerships with many software and storage companies including oracle emc ibm microsoft novell netapp hp hitachi akonix viewpointe iron mountain and sun microsystems . 4 analyst standing edit gartner zl technologies is seen as a leader within the enterprise information archiving space gartner inc. 2014 . 5 6 forrester named strong performer in message archiving software space forrester 2011 . 7 in a recent interview brian hill a lead analyst at forrester research discussed how zl s holistic approach to archiving has made it a very good fit for large enterprises . 8 controversy edit on may 29 2009 zl technologies filed a lawsuit against it analyst firm gartner inc. alleging defamation trade libel false advertising unfair competition and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage . 9 on august 19 2009 gartner group filed a motion to dismiss the case . in a november 5 judgment the court dismissed all claims except defamation and trade libel and gave zl 30 days to file an amended complaint . 10 references edit http www.instantinfosystems.com products services email archiving zl unified archive http www.zlti.com company about us http www.zlti.com products services zl unified archive http www.zlti.com partners technology http www.zlti.com press releases zl technologies positioned leader gartner magic quadrant enterprise information archiving http www.gartner.com displaydocument id 2618017 & ref g fromdoc http www.zlti.com news events press releases zl technologies named strong performer http www.zlti.com forrester zl interview gartner in the dock over magic quadrant gartner wins in zl lawsuit but is it a pyrrhic victory external links edit zlti.com analytics.zlti.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zl technologies & oldid 711613901 categories software companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 march 2016 at 22 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view