CWA International - Forensic Data Analysis & IT Department

CWAESTO

CWAESTO was developed to assist legal teams in coping with the ever growing volume and complexity of documentation which they are presented with during legal cases.

The powerful software is suited to any situation where large volumes of documents are to be handled and presented.

As the software has been developed from its conception by CWA its workings are fully understood and any aspect of the program can be customised to suit specific requirements.

Firstly, CWAESTO is a fully-fledged document management solution. Bundles of documents, maps, schematic diagrams, letters and all manner of other paper or electronic information can be stored with CWAESTO. Any of this information can be readily searched using the custom built CWA searching algorithms, thus reducing to seconds a task which would take a substantial human effort.

All paper documentation is first scanned into the computer systems, through using OCR technology specifically developed for the legal arena the images are converted to the electronic text, which can be easily stored and searched. As many as 20,000 documents could be stored on a single CD, representing in the first instance a massive saving in terms of volume and weight which would have to be distributed.

The CWAESTO software can of course be distributed amongst different team members in different locations giving each the capacity to access all the information centrally.

The Second aspect of CWAESTO goes some way to show the capability of CWA to marry two normally separated programs. CWAESTO can be used to display either in a private or in a court environment, using one or multiple displays (or projectors) either the information stored in the document management solution region of the program, or specifically designed presentation material.

The presenter has complete control over how and when the material is displayed, and from their own computer can change the display on any of those screens shown to others

CWAESTO Key benefits include

Simple and powerful searching tools save time and hence reduces cost whilst improving the teams performance
Comprehensive and fast searches which assist in locating information improved power of analysis
Software makes information very portable and mobile (from 225 kg of documents to a couple of CD / DVDs or memory sticks)
Ability to fluidly display stored material as well as tailor made presentational material