Information Management

Key Technologies to consider include

Storage Consolidation Technology, Storage Management and Storage Virtualisation
Information Lifetime Management (ILM)
Compliance Enforcement Document Control & Compliant Storage

"Knowledge is power" - "information is money" - "compliance is a burden". These phrases are commonplace but never the less they are true.

Stack can help organisations take advantage of their information assets whilst minimising the impact of governance and compliance.

Gathering accurate information on customers, competitors, prospects and the market enables companies to flourish by the ability to make focused strategic and tactical descisions.

That valuable data needs to be protected, secured and available. It also needs to be maintained and managed in accordance with business needs, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.

Whilst most enterprise class organisations have recognised these needs many SME's feel they are not subject to any regulation. A quick examination of the rules on accounting and HR soon reveal the opposite. Accounts departments are bound by HMRC to keep records for 7 years. HR must be able to produce records (including emails) in the case of an employment tribunal. Payroll must secure data privacy and have a duty to be able to process in a timely and accurate manner. Admin must keep insurance records for the lifetime of an employee and beyond for posible medical compensation arising from employment conditions. The company must comply with the European Directive on Electronic Communication etc. The list is almost endless.