A leading provider of Microsoft Office integration software services and applications for the legal market, Esquire Innovations, Inc., announced today the release of the latest upgrade of its metadata removal and management utility for Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and PDF files, iScrub version 5.0.

Being an enterprise-wide application for metadata removal and metadata management in law firms, iScrub v5.0 uses sophisticated technologies to remove visible metadata and clean the hidden or difficult to reach file elements. A centralized administration feature is also provided, that allows firms to establish, protect and control the metadata removal settings. Version 5 integrates with MS Office 2007. iScrub, based on Office 2007 XML document structure, has the ability to examine, protect, mine, and manage metadata in much more thorough fashion.

iScrub v5.0 provides the following metadata management advantages:

    * Flexibility: Manages metadata in both Open XML Document Format and Office 2003 Binary format: Firm's do not need to worry about file formats leaving their electronic walls.
    * Performance: The scrubbing process on both Open XML Document Format and Office 2003 Binary format is twice as fast as previous iScrub versions;
    * Customization: Provides a separate Windows Vista-styled ribbon that can be customized;
    * Security: Installation conforms to VISTA's User Access Control setting "On." User Account Control (UAC) is a new security component in Windows Vista. UAC enables users to perform common tasks as non-administrators, called standard users in Windows Vista, and as administrators without having to log off, switch users, or use Run As.

iScrub v5.0 includes the following popular features:

    * Metadata Viewer: A built-in review and reporting tool (iDiscover) designed to capture and display document metadata;
    * E-mail Integration: E-mail integration capability to prevent the inadvertent release of confidential information. It is critical to capture documents that are attached to e-mail messages and later published outside the firm. iScrub can require users to clean all documents sent outside the firm as part of an non-invasive automated workflow process.
    * MetaSealant: A powerful feature that allows users to first clean a document and then lock it down.
    * "SpinCycle" Metadata Removal: iScrub's "SpinCycle" utility can remove the metadata from a group of MS Office and PDF files or an entire directory all at once. This is called "batch metadata management.
    * Speed: iScrub 5.0 is significantly faster than the current version
    * Control: More control over metadata elements in Office Documents (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
    * Technology upgrade: iScrub 5.0 continues to use and leverage its rich XML technology to Metadata management and security;

iScrub is included in the popular iOffice System product suite which includes iCreate, a template and macro product: iDocID, a universal document management system-integrated ID stamper; iRedline, a redlining tool for Microsoft Word and Excel.

President and CEO, Esquire Innovations, Inc., Randall Farrar, said: "Metadata management is a critical law firm issue that only continues to intensify the need for comprehensive technology". "iScrub version 5.0 is our answer to the next generation of law firm metadata management."