ePurge: The Solution to the Rising Cost of Information Overload
The amount of information that we take in daily is overwhelming. The reality is that we’ve all become information hoarders. Not having a strategic solution for this problem is more than a bad habit; it is costing your organization by:
Increasing Operational Costs
According to a research study conducted by the Butler Group, an IT research and analysis organization:
- As much as 10% of a company’s salary costs are lost to employees searching for information.
- Over 50% of staff costs are now allocated to employees performing information work.
- The typical information worker spends up to one-quarter of his or her day searching for the right information to do their job.
Can you afford to have your staff spend their days searching instead of what they do best? Boost your bottom line with increased productivity and support key growth initiatives by ePurging.
Holding Back IT
Ask your IT specialist and they’ll tell you the truth. It used to be that storage costs were so low, it was cheap and easy to keep everything. But storage costs are rising fast.
Your technology team is hard at work finding innovative solutions, evaluating and implementing SaaS, the cloud and virtual environments.The old adage is junk in, junk out but today you might say: junk kept, junk out. Before you invest in IT solutions to take operations to the next level, you must ePurge and organize.
Creating a Barrier to Sustainability Goals
How much do you invest in supporting servers with staff, real estate and environmental costs? How much to you pay off-site storage every month? Going green is more than just recycling paper and eliminating Styrofoam cups from the breakroom. Savvy facilities managers know that information overload can keep you from meeting your green goals.
Increasing Litigation Risk
Back in the day, General Counsel told you to keep every memo, email and notation. But that approach has cost organizations millions in storage costs and in court. eDiscovery has been reactive and unpredictable, and you may not get sued often. Still, one lawsuit could take you years to recover from—or worse. Don’t expose yourself to risk and unnecessary costs during litigation by keeping records beyond the mandated time requirement.
Exposing Secrets During Data Breaches
The recent data breach into PlayStation Network affected 77 million users. The resulting fallout goes far beyond the tens of millions in lost revenue; the event will push back their future development goals by several years. Whether you get hacked or someone loses a laptop, it’s big news. Data breaches are now reported on pubic and governmental websites plus you can be subject to local government sanctions. Some experts are saying the question of data breaches is not if, but when. Minimize your exposure with ePurge. Identify and cleanup personally identifiable information.