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			Controlling Cost and Risk Through Outsourced Document Management Corporate executives of companies large or small, in every industry, around the world are facing a myriad of challenges in almost every aspect of managing their business documents. Read More >
			Best Practices to Secure and Protect Backup Data Backup encryption should be one of many activities that formulate a comprehensive security strategy. In many environments, storage has operated outside of the realm of security officers for some time, as their main focus has been primarily on areas such as perimeter security, intrusion detection/prevention and protection of host systems. Read More >
			CIO: Spotlight on a complete data protection strategy Kevin Roden, CIO of Iron Mountain, shares his perspective on best practices with data protection. Read More >
			Data Security with the LiveVault® Solution Today, more companies than ever recognize the value and convenience of using online backup to protect their server data. Read More >
			Iron Mountain’s Connected® Backup for PC Security Overview Most corporate data originates with PC users, whether in the office, or on laptops or home computers. Iron Mountain's Connected® Backup for PC solution can capture and store this vital information regardless of its source - inside or outside the firewall - while dramatically reducing storage costs. Read More >
			The Email Management Crisis: New Research on Seven Critical Email Management Problems Given the critical role that email plays, IT managers are realizing that successful email management is key for job security. The grand slam of email issues is performance, disaster recovery, compliance, and e-discovery. Email systems were not designed for long-term storage and as a result, performance is negatively impacted if email storage thresholds are not managed properly. Disaster recovery and business continuity are cited by 70% of senior executives as their primary reasons for email archiving. When systems are down so is productivity, negatively impacting bottom lines. Read More >
			Iron Mountain’s Email Continuity Service For Microsoft Exchange®-Centric Environments Through direct customer validation with Global 2000 companies Iron Mountain identified the need for a lowcost, easy-to-implement solution that provides continuity of email service during a crisis impacting the primary email system. The two key differentiators of the Iron Mountain Email Continuity service solution versus traditional approaches to email high availability are solution cost and deployment time. Read More >
			Iron Mountain’s Email Continuity Service For Lotus Notes®-Centric Environments With the goal of radically decreasing costs and implementation time, Iron Mountain evaluated new approaches to providing email continuity and developed a solution that costs a fraction of traditional solutions while retaining most of the critical benefits. This breakthrough offering in the email disaster recovery space is called the Email Continuity service. Read More >
			Why Email Fails - Iron Mountain and MessageOne’s Survey of Email Outages MessageOne, an Iron Mountain partner, commissioned this research report to understand the frequency, severity, and cause of email outages in North American corporations using Microsoft Exchange®, Lotus Notes®, and Novell GroupWise®. This research shows that enterprise email systems are prone to a variety of potential breakdowns including SAN (Storage Area Network) failures, mis-configuration, losses in network access, database corruption, and viruses. Data from the survey shows that in any given 12-month time period, there is a 75% likelihood of an unplanned email outage and a 14% likelihood of a planned email outage for any given company. Read More >
			Introducing LiveVault 5.5: Importance of Backup of Servers Data disaster protection comes in many shapes and sizes. What’s best for a large global company may not be right for your business. Developing your data protection strategy does not have to be complicated, but it does need to be carefully thought out. It needs to ensure not just that the data is backed up, but that it is stored safely, and that it is readily and quickly available when restoration becomes necessary. Read More >