IDG Research Survey Reveals Current State of Email Management Strategies
March 29, 2010
Results Show an Anticipated 48% Increase in Cloud-based Storage of Email Data over Next 12-24 Months
BOSTON, MA – December 1, 2009 – Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in information protection and storage services, recently teamed with IDG Research Services to conduct a survey on the current state of email management, and the strategies and tactics used by large companies to reduce the costs and risks associated with email’s growing complexity. The results represent responses from 115 executives serving in both IT and business capabilities at companies with 1,000 or more employees. A white paper and videocast discussing the survey’s findings are available online.
IDG Research Services surveyed IT and business executives on the state of email management within their companies—what they were doing, why they were doing it, and what challenges they faced. The results reveal a shift in the perception of email management—not only its implicit importance, but the explicit need for serving communication needs as well as compliance and regulatory requirements. Not surprisingly, they also reveal an increasing desire to make email management as cost-effective and efficient as possible. Read more