Company Ranked 168 on 2012 InformationWeek 500 for
Building Out IT Infrastructure and Helping Citi Brazil to Launch a New
Retail Credit Card
MONARCH BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 12, 2012--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the information management
company, has ranked 168 on this year’s InformationWeek 500, an
annual list of the nation’s most innovative users of business
technology. Marking ten consecutive years on the InformationWeek 500,
Iron Mountain ranked this year for its work building a central IT
infrastructure to support the growth of its Latin America business,
improving employee productivity and enabling
Citi Brazil
, a key
customer, to introduce a new credit card.
“We’re honored to once again be recognized by InformationWeek,”
said
Tasos Tsolakis
, executive vice president and chief information and
global services officer at Iron Mountain.” The ranking underscores our
commitment to using technology to improve how we run our business and
serve our customers.”
Iron Mountain’s growing presence in Latin America required it in 2011 to
build a common security, networking and communications infrastructure,
connecting employees in the region with other parts of the world to
foster collaboration. The process included reconfiguring IP addresses
for more than 3,500 network-connected devices (from smartphones to
printers); building a Wide Area Network (WAN) to connect Latin America
to the global network; adding employees – for the first time – to the
corporate active directory and Exchange mail systems; and implementing
web-based and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications for
communication.
Once completed, the network proved to be an ideal platform for
Citi
Brazil
, one of Iron Mountain’s largest customers in the region, to
launch a new point-of-sale credit card that consumers could sign up for
when making purchases at one of Citi’s major retail partners. Iron
Mountain’s secure network and data processing workflow gave Citi the
necessary tools and confidence to roll out its consumer offering faster
and more broadly than any of its other consumer credit offerings.
“The InformationWeek 500 has recognized the most innovative users of
business technology for 24 years, and this year’s innovations were
particularly impressive,” said InformationWeek Editor In Chief
Rob
Preston
. “What the editors looked for are unconventional approaches—new
technologies, new models, new ways of grabbing business opportunities
and solving complex business problems with IT.”
InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users
of information technology with its annual 500 listing, and also tracks
the technology, strategies, investments, and administrative practices of
America’s best-known companies. Past overall winners include PACCAR
Inc., The Vanguard Group, CME Group, National Semiconductor, Con-Way,
and Principal Financial Group. The InformationWeek 500 rankings are
unique among corporate rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation
in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT
spenders.
Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) provides information storage and
management services that help organizations lower the costs, risks and
inefficiencies of managing their physical and digital data. The
Company’s solutions enable customers to protect and better use their
information so they can optimize their business and ensure proper
recovery, compliance and discovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain
manages billions of information assets, including business records,
electronic files, medical data and more for organizations around the
world. Visit www.ironmountain.com
or follow the company on Twitter @IronMountain for more information.
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Source: Iron Mountain Incorporated
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or
Press
Contact for Iron Mountain:
Christian T. Potts,
617-535-8721
Public Relations Manager
christian.potts@ironmountain.com