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	<description>We all have information. Lots of it. But how many of us have harnessed it into a true competitive advantage? That’s the discussion here: realizing greater value from your data, while minimizing its risks. We hope you’ll join us.</description>
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		<title>Beyond the Box: Penn Archive Shows Businesses What They Can Do with Records Storage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you ask the average business manager what they can get out of records storage and management, they may not know what you are talking about. Some will look at it as a hassle, that much is for sure, while others will generally see it as a necessary evil that needs to be dealt with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/records-management-2/beyond-the-box-penn-archive-shows-businesses-what-they-can-do-with-records-storage/</link>
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		<title>Be Excellent to Each Other: Sharing the Joy of Shredding with Your Employees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You hire someone to work for you. They do things that you tell them to do, and you give them money. Pretty simple. And while there was often more to it than that in the past, after a few decades of downturn-inspired rightsizing, it often doesn’t go much further. Lifetime employment is a thing of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/secure-shredding/be-excellent-to-each-other-sharing-the-joy-of-shredding-with-your-employees/</link>
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		<title>Get the Best of Both Worlds for Data Backup and Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an IT professional, one of your most difficult jobs is getting senior managers on board with making a change. What can you say? Some people are just set in their ways. The task requires a savvy pro to convince management that changes are necessary to reduce costs and redirect the saving to fund specific [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/backup-and-recovery/get-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-data-backup-and-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Federal Records Management: The Agency Self-Assessment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 1st, NARA (National Association of Records Archives) posted their agency self -assessment report.  This is where all of the federal agencies self-report how they are performing against the statutory and regulatory records management requirements.  Interestingly, this self-assessment was conducted before the Obama administrations memorandum about records management. Not surprising, is that agencies do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/government-2/federal-records-management-the-agency-self-assessment/</link>
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		<title>Courts Often Face a Records Management Quagmire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quagmire is a swamp. A bog. A soft, mushy, messy patch of earth that is half land, half water and not enough of either to give it clear definition. If you live in New England, you can probably imagine the cranberry bogs that are famously spread throughout the region as a prime example of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/records-management-2/courts-often-face-a-records-management-quagmire/</link>
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		<title>Applying Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s Life Lessons to Data Backup and Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though he is perhaps best known for being among the Founding Fathers of this great nation and for a fable involving a kite, a key and some lightning, Benjamin Franklin was also somewhat of a philosopher. Through his writing, Franklin left behind some sage advice that still applies today. Business Insider recently highlighted 14 of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/backup-and-recovery/applying-benjamin-franklins-life-lessons-to-data-backup-and-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Shred Alert: Confidential Records Thrown Out Like Yesterday&#8217;s Garbage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last time we checked in with a Shred Alert, a hospital&#8217;s records were found blowing in the breeze in the field of a Boston neighborhood. This time, the records didn&#8217;t get quite so far. Unfortunately they still ended up somewhere they should never be: a trash can. Throwing away records with confidential information simply [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/secure-shredding/shred-alert-confidential-records-thrown-out-like-yesterdays-garbage/</link>
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		<title>Are You Digital Hoarder?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hoarding is a recognized affliction that forces people to compulsively keep and store items. Until recently, the behavior was reserved for the physical space, as hoarders most commonly cluttered their homes with food and other objects. However, the rise of digital hoarding is now becoming an increasingly serious issue, according to a recent report by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/records-management-2/are-you-digital-hoarder/</link>
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		<title>Modern Federal Records Management: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an old reliable saying that a picture is worth a thousand words.  The saying has been around forever because it’s true.  Think about the invention of the television; it was such a technological advancement that it rapidly replaced radio shows.  This is also true with books.  I’ve loved the observing the evolution of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/federal-government-2/modern-federal-records-management-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words/</link>
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		<title>Discovery Requests: Enough to Drive a Sane Records Manager Berserk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As if the lives of records managers aren&#8217;t stressful enough &#8211; with the responsibilities for storing and maintaining hordes of information &#8211; the threat of facing discovery requests and other litigation may be enough to send them over the edge and into full-fledged panic. Per the rules of discovery, you can be forced to dig [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ironmountain.com/2012/discovery-and-litigation/discovery-requests-enough-to-drive-a-sane-records-manager-berserk/</link>
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