Easy-to-use tool uses key performance indicators to measure
performance and provide insight, helping to show the value of records
and information programs and get more from information
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
As the value, and importance, of effective information management
continues to rise, organizations are placing greater emphasis on
understanding their information as an essential business requirement. In
turn, traditional records and information management (RIM) programs have
been transformed into the more holistic and global category of
information governance, moving beyond just compliance and security into
uncovering the value of their information. This has challenged RIM
professionals to provide greater transparency into the sophistication
and performance of their program, identifying actionable insights that
can make information more valuable.
To help RIM professionals meet these challenges, Iron
Mountain Incorporated® (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in storage and
information management services, will be showcasing its new Iron
Mountain Analytics Dashboard at the ARMA Live! 2016 conference.
Designed with input from those RIM professionals tasked with designing,
implementing, enforcing and measuring information governance programs
within public and private organizations across all industries, the
Analytics Dashboard provides instant access to programs managed by Iron
Mountain, identifying opportunities for program improvement and
advancement. This can help fundamentally change how RIM professionals
perform their responsibilities, allowing them to focus on analyzing data
and making impactful changes to achieve both corporate governance and
business performance goals.
Using advanced data visualization the easy-to-use dashboard provides
organizations and departments immediate global visibility into their
records and information management programs to help identify potential
risk and compliance concerns, as well as opportunities to apply greater
retention controls to their information. With the ability to benchmark
comparisons of key metrics, customers also can see how they stack up
against their industry peers. Additionally, they can use these metrics
to measure the health of their programs with the Iron Mountain Risk
Indicator, further demonstrating effectiveness against internal goals
and identifying opportunities for building the business case for change,
and then monitor their progress towards those opportunities for program
transformation.
Key metrics available in the Analytics Dashboard include:
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Retention Schedules – Organizations can properly manage their
offsite storage inventory and associated timely dispositions in
accordance with their records retention schedules, uncovering
potential storage cost savings.
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Retention Tracking – Through tracking the volume of record
retention holds for offsite storage inventory down to the department
level, organizations can ensure they are correctly categorizing and
managing their information regardless of geography, helping to
mitigate compliance risks.
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Improved Inventory Tracking – By providing insight into offsite
storage carton inventory that may be missing required key metadata,
organizations gain a better understanding of their overall storage and
can better apply retention.
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Internal & Peer Benchmarking – With agreed-upon key
performance indicators that demonstrate the health, effectiveness and
return on investment of records and information management programs,
information governance leaders can benchmark against peers within
their industry, reporting the findings to leadership to bolster the
business value of their organization’s program.
“The value of an organization’s information has never been greater, and
information governance professionals find themselves at the forefront of
many of the key information- and data-driven value initiatives for their
organization. To help address these challenges, we created the Analytics
Dashboard. It represents a giant leap forward in how our customers
interact with Iron Mountain and their information,” said Kevin Coughlin,
Director of Product Management at Iron Mountain. “Giving them the
critical insight required to meet their information governance
challenges. With this information simply collected and cleanly
presented, our customers are now able leverage the data to influence
leadership for crucial program improvements.”
For more information on Iron Mountain’s solutions for managing
information governance, visit www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Topics/Govern-Information.aspx.
And to see the Iron Mountain tools in person at the ARMA Live! 2016
conference in San Antonio, TX, stop by the Iron Mountain booth (#101) or
check out these tags #ARMA2016 and #IRM4ARMA.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated® (NYSE: IRM)
is the global leader in storage and information management services.
Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron
Mountain’s real estate network comprises more than 85 million square
feet across more than 1,400 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to
protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron
Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records
management, data
management, document
management, data
centers, art
storage and logistics, and secure
shredding, helping 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 critical business documents, electronic
information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts. Visit www.ironmountain.com for
more information.
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