Most CIOs appreciate the benefits of outsourcing their
data storage and protection responsibilities. Recent IDG
research indicates the most appealing potential benefits of
the Storage-as-a-Service model are more simplified legal
discovery (46 percent), long-term protection (45 percent),
enhanced compliance (41 percent) and improved utilization
of current infrastructure (41 percent).
Under the outsourcing model, companies are prodded to think differently—and more strategically—about
data management: How do I plan to use that data now
and in the future? How do I make that data accessible
and useful? How does this affect my workflow? Do I have
visibility into the chain of custody? Is this data available
wherever, whenever?
“It’s all about helping CIOs manage the data the way
they need to manage it,” McPhillips says. With this ser-vice-based approach to storage that includes the value of
making the stored information actionable, Iron Mountain
can help organizations understand their data requirements, and define and implement policies in the context of the overall hierarchy of their information needs.
In essence, she says, it forces organizations to get smart
about storage.
Iron Mountain Digital’s Storage-as-a-Service model
delivers online data protection and recovery, digital records
management and information destruction. Most important, Iron Mountain helps you:
n Know what information you have
n Know it’s secure
n Know you can get it when you need it
With Storage-as-a-Service, organizations can get quick,
“rich” access to their information for legal discovery, business continuity, disaster recovery, compliance, audits and
other demands.
As McPhillips and Iron Mountain Digital SVP of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer Fred Engel attest,
it’s the value-added services part of the equation that’s
resonating with customers and making a solid business
case for Storage-as-a-Service. “We’re talking about
search, recovery, destruction of data, business continuity, file restoration and policy-driven retention periods.
These are just some of the ways Storage-as-a-Service
can make your data not just safe and secure but useful,
too,” says Engel.
Iron Mountain’s proficiency is embedded within its
people, processes and technologies. Expertise and best
practices have been developed by managing all types of
information, both physical and digital. With 55 years
of experience developing and delivering data protection and storage solutions, and now the Storage-as-a-Service model, Iron Mountain enables even the largest
and most complex organizations to turn their attention
to critical business outcomes instead of data management chores.
Partnering with Iron Mountain reduces two prime
concerns for CIOs: risks and costs. Storage-as-a-Service tamps down the risks associated with online data
storage and protection, and carries with it a real opportunity to shave costs. Protecting and storing information—whether physical or digital—is Iron Mountain’s
john soares
Drive the Business Forward
In today’s world of corporate governance, increasingly
distributed workforces, high-priced discovery and litigation, and exponential data growth, few organizations have
the resources and expertise to ensure secure, efficient
storage and protection of data, as well as to make that data
actionable. Freeing IT staff from these complicated tasks
allows them to focus on core competencies that drive
your business forward, enable innovation, create com-
core business. At the heart of any Karen Mc Phillips, VP
information storage plan is security, of Marketing, Iron
and with the Storage-as-a-Service Mountain Digital:
model, “We can put more effort into “The big question:
securing information than the cus- What makes that
tomer can,” says Engel. data or information
Then there’s the cost. Iron Moun- beneficial to the
tain Digital focuses its business model organization?”
and investments on reducing customer
costs. Its outsourced model reduces total costs by 20 percent
to 50 percent and virtually eliminates customer need for
capital investments.
“Iron Mountain Digital’s Storage-as-a-Service model
helps CIOs focus on their core business and puts checkmarks
into the boxes next to a host of CIO priorities,” says Engel.
n Automated and streamlined services? Check.
n Simplified IT infrastructure? Check.
n A single trusted partner? Check.
n Accessible and useful data? Check.
