[ EXECUTIVE LETTER ]
2 Low Risk, High Yield
Capitalize on opportunities before someone else does.
[ Q&A ]
3 Where Data Pays Off
Doug Chandler, research director, IDC Infrastructure
Services Research, addresses the emerging use of
Storage-as-a-Service.
[ POINT OF VIEW ]
4 Data In, Value Out
Storage-as-a-Service model enables CIOs to focus on
business value.
[ CASE STUDY ]
6 Cover Story: Protecting Your Most Valuable
Internet Asset
ICANN and Iron Mountain weave a Web of protected data.
[ CAPTURING DATA ]
10 Strategies for Bringing Order to Data Chaos
The regulatory environment has never been more
complex, but “Big Buckets” can simplify managing the
retention and destruction of records.
[ MAKING DATA USEFUL ]
13 Is Your Data a Liability or an Asset?
Providing documents in response to a legal challenge
can be a costly, time-draining endeavor. New solutions
to quickly search, organize and categorize unstructured
and structured data to optimize litigation readiness can
reduce costs and risks.
13
[ STORING DATA ]
16 Make Your Data Give Back
Karen Hayward, EVP and chief marketing officer for Iron
Mountain partner CenterBeam, says their solutions are
helping boost data storage and protection for the mid-
market.
[ COMPLIANT RECORDS BENCHMARK REPORT ]
20 On the Record
Best practices for records management are a must, espe-
cially in light of a recent survey that finds 65 percent of
public and private organizations do not have a compre-
hensive records management program in place.
10
✱To view this issue online, visit:
www.imdigitalauthority.com
[ RESEARCH ]
22 Best Practices or Best Effort?
IDG research reveals gaps between information manage-
ment best efforts and best practices.
[ IN THE NEWS ]
24 Images are Everything
Iron Mountain collaborates with HP to manage medical
images.
22