FRONTEO Expands Managed Review Capabilities in Taiwan to Address Cross-Border eDiscovery Challenges

NEW YORK, October 23, 2017 – FRONTEO USA, Inc. (“FRONTEO USA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FRONTEO, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTEO) (TSE:2158), a leading provider of global eDiscovery, advanced review and big data analysis services utilizing artificial intelligence (“AI”), today announced the expansion of its managed review capabilities in FRONTEO’s Taiwan facilities. The expansion is in response to greater demand for Asian and multi-language electronic document review and analytics expertise related to U.S. legal proceedings, and further supports corporations and law firms requiring document review expertise in both English and Chinese languages, including traditional Chinese.

In 2011, FRONTEO was the first eDiscovery company to launch operations in Taiwan. It boasts a track record of providing services in support of more than 6,000 cases, including cross-border matters, working in connection with major companies with operations in Asia and leading law firms in the U.S. FRONTEO Taiwan utilizes the company’s proprietary Lit i View™ eDiscovery platform, as well as its proprietary AI engine KIBIT™, to accelerate the review and analysis of Asian, English and multi-language data, including Chinese, Korean and Japanese (CJK).

The expansion of FRONTEO’s Taiwan managed review capabilities builds on FRONTEO’s strength in global managed review services, which were purpose-built to help legal teams run concurrent cross-border matters on multiple continents, 24/7. FRONTEO has 11 review centers across North America, Asia and Europe, including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and UK, and more than 1,100 seat capacity. FRONTEO’s Asia review centers offer lower cost review for U.S. legal teams, as well as native fluency in Japan, Mandarin, Korean and other Asian languages.

About FRONTEO USA, Inc.

FRONTEO USA, Inc. (“FRONTEO USA”) is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of FRONTEO, Inc. (“FRONTEO”) (NASDAQ:FTEO) (TSE:2158), Inc., a publicly traded global technology and services company specializing in big data, artificial intelligence, information governance, managed review, and litigation consulting for the eDiscovery market. FRONTEO USA serves AM Law 200 law firms, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across all phases of the eDiscovery process including collection, processing, forensic investigation, hosted review, and production. FRONTEO USA provides robust English language services along with advanced specialization in Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) languages supported by our Lit i View™ platform. Driven by FRONTEO’s unique AI technology KIBIT™, companies are able to proactively and predictively assess fraud, data leakage and pre-crime events alongside the eDiscovery lifecycle and gain a deep understanding of their data. FRONTEO USA is a Relativity Best in Service Orange partner, and maintains review centers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, New York, Washington, DC, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei City, and Manila. For more information visit www.fronteo.com.

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