Combination of consulting and technology gives organizations the ability
to know where their information lives for improved compliance,
litigation readiness and defensible disposition
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Storage and information management firm Iron Mountain Incorporated®
(NYSE: IRM) announced today a partnership with EasyDataMaps
to deliver a cloud-based information mapping solution combined with Iron
Mountain Professional Services for organizations looking to map
their information systems, repositories and applications. By doing so,
organizations can know which system their information is stored on as
well as the relationship of one system to another; that ability to
understand the profile of systems across your organization is central in
helping today’s businesses assess and act on their compliance,
litigation readiness, and retention/disposition needs, making timely
decisions about information management, including policy,
data migration and systems decommissioning.
Many organizations manage the information about their systems,
enterprise applications and repositories in an ad-hoc fashion and lack a
visual and dynamic map that provides visibility into their high value
and high-risk information, such as personally identifiable information.
This is complicated further when it comes to the rapidly growing volumes
of unstructured and structured electronically-stored information (ESI) –
like email, text messages, social media, and voicemails – as only 14
percent of organizations claim to have a data map that identifies key
repositories for ESI (from Iron Mountain’s 2013-2014 Information
Governance Benchmark). Inefficient manual methods used by these
organizations, coupled with a lack of visibility into ESI, increases
their risk of non-compliance, drives up storage costs and prevents them
from achieving true information governance.
“At any given time, the sheer amount of information flowing through an
organization can be overwhelming, straining an organization’s capacity
to find it when needed,” said Sean
Pike, Program Director for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
and eDiscovery in IDC’s Storage Systems Research Group. “An
organization’s ability to meet compliance requirements and respond to
eDiscovery requests is predicated on first knowing where information is
and showing what systems it moves through. Iron Mountain is well known
for its trusted expertise in managing and protecting records and
information, and adding web-based information mapping capabilities from
EasyDataMaps strengthens its offering to address the market need to
deliver that ability, helping to extract maximum value from information
while minimizing risk and achieving regulatory compliance.”
Iron Mountain solves these information mapping needs with a complete
solution that combines strategic data mapping consulting services with
cloud-based technology. The company’s Professional Services practice
enables organizations to understand what type of information they have,
where it is, and its custodians allowing for better management through
an enterprise-wide data map. Then, by leveraging the EasyDataMaps
solution with project methodology, Iron Mountain’s advisors will provide
the guidance and expertise organizations need to articulate their
information mapping requirements – from identifying where information is
stored, to visually mapping system relationships, to more complex
requirements related to compliance, policy and retention management.
This solution was recently recognized as the 2014
ARMA Live! “Best New Product” and “Best New Product Demo” at the
ARMA Conference in October, 2014.
“Organizations of every size need to know what information assets exist
in their business, where it sits and who is responsible for it,” said
Seamus Byrne, CEO and founder of EasyDataMaps. “Using technology to
solve this means ease in knowing where rules need to be applied and
assigning a system owner for governance. Combining efforts with Iron
Mountain is a natural fit, as Iron Mountain shares our commitment to
helping companies implement and accelerate information governance.”
“Having experts guide you through the process of choosing and
implementing the right solution for your business requires that you have
that centralized view of where your systems and information reside,
making you well-positioned to know how and where to apply policy and
technology to meet your business need,” said Blaine Rigler, senior vice
president, Global Solutions, Iron Mountain. “Information Maps fits
squarely into our strategy to deliver complete information lifecycle
automation, offering new thinking and proven practices combined with
technology-driven solutions that extend our customers’ existing IT
investments, advance their information governance goals, and uncover the
value of their information.”
To learn more about the Iron Mountain Information Maps solution, visit www.ironmountain.com/Services/Records-Management-And-Storage/Information-Maps.aspx.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a leading provider of storage
and information management services. The company’s real estate network
of over 67 million square feet across more than 1,000 facilities in 36
countries allows it to serve customers around the world. And its
solutions for records
management, data
management, document
management, data
center management and secure
shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information.
Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of
information assets, including business documents, backup tapes,
electronic files and medical data. Visit www.ironmountain.com
for more information.
Source: Iron Mountain