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PASADENA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Guidance Software Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID), the World Leader in Digital Investigationsa", today announced a new version of its EnCase eDiscovery software with the ability to collect electronically stored information (ESI) from more cloud-based data services and a new collected data re-use feature for searching evidence collected for previous cases.

"With the proliferation of end points and data storage locations, and increasingly, the cloud, enterprises today face a significant risk of not finding relevant ESI they are required to produce for a case"

The company made the announcement at LegalTech New York 2012 (Jan. 30 a" Feb. 1) and will have the software on display at booth #310.

EnCase eDiscovery is the technology and market leader for legal hold, collection, processing and analysis, first-pass review and early case assessment. The new capabilities are available in EnCase eDiscovery v4.4 and help corporate IT and legal teams to confidently assert that they have searched all of the potentially relevant ESI in their possession, custody or control.

The Collected Data Re-use (CDR) feature allows e-discovery teams to search already collected evidence residing in an EnCase Logical Evidence File (LEF) from a previous matter. This reduces legal risk, cuts e-discovery collection time and reduces the impact on custodians.

EnCase eDiscovery also has a new connector framework that adds direct data collection from more than 30 leading email archives and content repositories from vendors such as IBM. Also included is support for optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from image files and PDFs and index them along with other collected data. This expands the companyas near de-duplication feature to compare text extracted from image files via OCR with other text files.

The ability to collect from cloud sources means EnCase eDiscovery can collect ESI from the widest range of desktops, laptops, servers, tablets, mobile phones, enterprise repositories, cloud services and other sources. New in v4.4 is support for all IMAP and POP3 Internet email services such as Google Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, in addition to existing support for Microsoft Office 365 online document service. The software also collects from Microsoft SharePoint servers.

aWith the proliferation of end points and data storage locations, and increasingly, the cloud, enterprises today face a significant risk of not finding relevant ESI they are required to produce for a case,a said Alex Andrianopoulos, Guidance Software vice president of marketing. aThis release reinforces EnCase eDiscoveryas leadership position and demonstrates our commitment to reduce cost and mitigate legal risk for in-house teams.a

EnCase eDiscovery 4.4 will be generally available in March 2012 from Guidance Software sales force and its resellers worldwide.

About Guidance Software (GUID)

Guidance Software is recognized worldwide as the industry leader in digital investigative solutions. Its EnCase platform, with more than 40,000 licenses distributed worldwide, provides the foundation for government, corporate and law enforcement organizations to conduct thorough, network-enabled, and court-validated computer investigations of any kind, such as responding to e-discovery requests, conducting internal investigations, responding to regulatory inquiries or performing data and compliance auditing - all while maintaining the integrity of the data. The EnCase Enterprise platform is used by numerous Federal Civilian and Defense agencies, more than 60 of the Fortune 100, and thousands attend Guidance Software's renowned training programs annually. For more information about Guidance Software, visit [ www.guidancesoftware.com ].

EnCase, EnScript, FastBloc, EnCE, Guidance Softwarea" and Tableaua" are registered trademarks or trademarks owned by Guidance Software in the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be used without prior written permission. Allother trademarksand copyrights referenced in this press release are thepropertyof their respective owners.

Forward Looking Statements:

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. There can be no assurance that demand for the Guidance Software's products will continue at current or greater levels, or that the Company will continue to grow revenues, or be profitable. There are also risks that the Guidance Software's pursuit of providing network security and eDiscovery technology might not be successful, or that if successful, it will not materially enhance the Guidance Software's financial performance; that the Company could fail to retain key employees; that changes in customer requirements and other general economic and political uncertainties could impact the Guidance Software's relationship with its customers; and that delays in product development, competitive pressures or technical difficulties could impact timely delivery of next-generation products; and other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in Guidance Software's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company specifically disclaims any responsibility for updating these forward-looking statements.

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