Iron Mountain News & Articles

Security is the big concern this week on the GRC front with Big Blue closing the BigFix deal that offers them better enterprise and database security, while Adobe also looks to the security of Adobe Reader with a new sandbox solution. Meanwhile, SAP and CA also get together this week for a combined GRC solution.

This week there has been a whole spate of new releases in the world of GRC, most of which -- unsurprisingly -- have been focused on better security. There have also been a couple of acquisitions as well as increasing interest in services and cloud computing.

If the idea of cloud-based e-Discovery intrigues you, but the price and risk have got you scared, you might consider Iron Mountain’s newest release.

Microsoft’s SMB survey shows spending is definitely in the air but while it looks like they will be investing in technology, many are looking for cost efficiencies through IT department cuts. Iron Mountain gives SMBs litigation support.

Searching through outlying laptops and PCs for data, or data related to rediscovery looks to be rule rather than the exception as Iron Mountain (news, site) releases Connected Classify & Collect, a solution that can search through data in enterprise computers gather it and classify it for eDiscovery.

Iron Mountain (news, site) has announced its acquisition of eDiscovery and content archiving provider Mimosa Systems (news, site). There's probably no better reason than to say "it's all about the content baby".

Stratify, Inc. a subsidiary of Iron Mountain Incorporated, provider of information protection and storage services, recently announced receiving Statement on Auditing Standard (SAS-70) certification. The receipt of SAS-70 recognizes the health of Stratify’s electronic discovery facilities and internal processes.

SAS-70 was developed and continues to be maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Organizations awarded are among those that have successfully implemented rigorous internal controls. In addition to increased prestige, the audit allows clients to analyze critical elements of the technology infrastructure. In Stratify’s case, processes that are vital in delivering high quality eDiscovery services are now getting some extra and well deserved attention.

"SAS-70 certification provides transparency into how Stratify manages and maintains security processes and protocols," stated Amar Singh, director of IT and Operations for Stratify. "In today's legal and regulatory environment, attorneys increasingly confront complicated electronic discovery scenarios involving multiple matters and numerous parties that can extend over many years. Supported by the SAS-70 audit and certification, Stratify's clients can be confident that we have implemented state-of-the-art security measures to protect their data."

Keep up with both Stratify and Iron Mountain here.

According to a document management study that was commissioned by Iron Mountain, UK firms are more likely to trust others with the task of records management than German and French firms. Interestingly, most firms decide to keep active records stored on-site. Is our information safe?

Iron Mountain Europe, a records management and storage services provider, announced the acquisition of Anamnis GDM SAS, a firm specializing in electronic document management solutions.

Boston-based Records Management specialist Iron Mountain has named Bob Brennan as its new CEO. Brennan was unveiled in his new position on June 5th, and succeeds long-standing Chief Richard Reece.

IBM has been selected by Iron Mountain Incorporated to power its new Digital Record Center for Images, which provides organizations with hosted storage and quick access to scanned images, PDFs and other digital files.

Iron Mountain and ediscovery firm Stratify have enjoyed close links for some time. Now Iron Mountain’s splashed the cash to acquire its former partner in a blockbuster US$ 158 million deal.

This marks the latest stage in Iron Mountain’s comprehensive business evolution. Once regarded as little more than a records storage company, it’s been spending big on acquisitions poised to help it become the industry-beating digital records management service provider.

Iron Mountain have been making some notable noise recently about evolving their tape-storage business into other, more dynamic content management and records management services. Just to let us know they’re serious about their new direction, they’ve gone and snapped up leading hospital records management firm RMS Services USA Ltd., for an undisclosed amount.

Until recently we’ve all thought of Iron Mountain as little more than a backup tape shipping and storage business. While offsite maintenance of tapes is a necessary pain of IT existence (and has been a successful endeavor), recent acquisitions and partnerships have demonstrated that Iron Mountain is headed into quite a new arena. The high dollar records management space would appear to be the company’s new calling and they’ve just put some serious resources behind it.

Iron Mountain and Stratify have recently announced that they will be working together to provide Iron Mountain customers with Stratify’s advanced electronic discovery capabilities.

Through their new alliance, users will be able to “leverage the Stratify Legal Discovery service using data that is stored and protected by Iron Mountain to efficiently analyze and review data during internal investigations as well as for litigation or regulatory discovery requests.”