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Volume 30 2018 CHAMPIONS Edition NICE Investigate connects to and collapses all available Data Sources into a Single Interface that can be securely shared using NICE Investigate’s Virtual Case Folders Beyond the obvious inefficiencies and incremental costs, it’s clear that current methods for managing digital evidence defy logic. If these challenges sound familiar to you, new digital investigation and evidence management technology can provide a lifeline .​ Consider for a moment the journey of digital ev- idence from its collection to eventual sharing. Why NICE Investigate is a Lifeline for Investigators Drowning in Dig- ital Evidence​ It’s collected in its native digital form. When the time comes to share it (with a pros- Are your investigators burdened by the ecutor, for example), the investigator spends tsunami of digital evidence​ , wasting hours printing or copying that same digital time accessing lots of systems, and com- evidence onto physical CDs or DVDs. pleting repetitive, manual tasks to build The DA then copies the files back into a sep- their cases? arate digital system (court management) by Is your department spending an excessive scanning and/or uploading them. amount on overtime for investigations? The unnecessary expense and time consumed These are symptoms of a much larger problem. in this process is, in a word, astounding. 35