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Firms miss out on insight

Iron Mountain study shows 89 per cent of UK business leaders don’t fully understand what their records and information managers do.

London, UK – 18 March, 2015. Making the most of information is a priority for many businesses[i]. However, a new study[ii] from storage and information management company, Iron Mountain shows that a lack of understanding between those who manage and those who use information is making it harder to achieve this goal

The study found that 89 per cent of UK business leaders don’t fully understand what their information managers do. In return, 56 per cent of UK records and information managers admit they don’t know exactly what senior business leaders want and need from information – with 66 per cent confused about the information needs of colleagues in marketing, manufacturing, finance and other departments.

The study shows just one in ten (10 per cent) of the business leaders surveyed had complete confidence in their organisation’s ability to extract the full value from its information.

These trends and their impact are echoed elsewhere, with one global study[iii] finding that just 27 per cent of firms say their employees have access to the data they need, and 42 per cent admit that access to their data is cumbersome.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Iron Mountain .