The move to the cloud has left few modern on-premise options available. Here, CloudNine discusses the return of on-premise eDiscovery!

The post, titled (wait for it!) The Return of On-Premise eDiscovery: Why the Market Needs a Revival and How CloudNine Review On-Premise Answers the Call (available here), discusses how over the last decade, the eDiscovery market has experienced a dramatic shift. What was once a landscape that supported both on-premise and hosted review platforms has now become overwhelmingly cloud-centric. Today, nearly every major review platform has transitioned to a SaaS model with some that actively forced clients to migrate, leaving few modern on-premise options available.

While cloud-based review platforms offer undeniable advantages such as scalability, rapid deployment, and remote access, this industry-wide transition has also created an unintended consequence: a growing vacuum for organizations that still require on-premise review. For many legal teams, cloud-only is not a preference, it’s a limitation.

Despite the prevalence of SaaS platforms, there are clear and compelling reasons why on-premise review remains essential for key segments of the legal market. Here’s one of them:

Security and Compliance 

For corporations in highly regulated industries and government agencies operating under strict data governance mandates, data control is non-negotiable. Many organizations are required to keep sensitive information within their own infrastructure due to regulatory obligations, internal security frameworks, or data sovereignty concerns. In these environments, cloud deployment introduces risk, complexity, and extensive oversight requirements that on-premise solutions naturally avoid.

So, what are other benefits of on-premise review? And what is CloudNine doing to answer the call? Find out here, it’s only one click! You still have options if you click! 😉

So, what do you think? Is your organization looking for a solution with deployment options? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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