Speakers: Doug Chandler, Research Director, Infrastructure Services, at IDC John Clancy, President, at Iron Mountain Digital

CIO priorities have been shifting steadily toward business outcomes, and away from tech-centric initiatives. For many, the key to attacking those priorities has been outsourcing critical but non-core business processes and activities like application development and help desk functions which allows them to focus on positive business outcomes.

And in light of the pressures applied by significant trends in data growth and information management, "Storage-as-a-Service" is now emerging as the new paradigm for data protection, including PC and server offsite backup, recovery and archiving, and putting that critical electronic business data into action. With Storage-as-a-Service, organizations can get quick, "rich" access to their information for eDiscovery, business continuity, disaster recovery, regulatory compliance with Rule 26 and more, internal and external audits and other demands.

View this on-demand webcast and learn from industry experts, Doug Chandler, Research Director, Infrastructure Services, at IDC and John Clancy, President, at Iron Mountain Digital, how Storage-as-a-Service meets today's CIO's top priorities:

• Automating and streamlining services
• Simplify IT infrastructure
• Making data accessible and useful
• Helping IT focus on core business

Speaker Biographies:

Doug Chandler
Research Director, Infrastructure Services, IDC
Mr. Chandler delivers forecasts and analyses on storage services segments, focusing on the managed storage and online storage services markets, as well as data center-focused professional services. Mr. Chandler launched IDC's storage services research seven years ago. His research has been quoted in leading publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and BusinessWeek, and he presents regularly at industry events. He has worked in the IT industry for 20 years and received his M.S. in Reporting on Science and Medicine from Boston University.

John Clancy
President, Iron Mountain Digital
John Clancy is responsible for developing and driving the strategy and execution of the digital business unit, which provides comprehensive data protection and e-records management services. In December 2004, Clancy joined Iron Mountain as executive vice president, Digital, following Iron Mountain's acquisition of Connected Corporation where he was chief operating officer. Clancy has also held senior sales management positions with SilverStream Software and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Assumption College.

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