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John Sharpe John Sharpe
John Sharpe is a senior product manager for Iron Mountain’s Data Backup & Recovery product line. In this role, he is responsible for developing and implementing the strategy for our tape business. Creating new offerings that will allow our customers to extract more value from their media, whether new or archival, is central to Mr. Sharpe’s work. His primary overall objective is to ensure that Iron Mountain is a trusted information partner for our customers – and much more than a storage vendor. Mr. Sharpe has over 10 years of experience in engineering, corporate strategy, and product management. He holds a BA in computer science from Boston College and an MBA in finance from Yale.

Even in a world where new technology seemingly comes and goes every day, some products and services simply continue to last. Nearly 60 years after the first digital tape was introduced, the technology continues to reinvent...


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No matter what industry they are in, organizations around the world have to deal with data volumes that are rising out of control. In addition to requirements for storing and securing this information, companies also can’t...


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Physical and digital records archives are spilling over within organizations across the world as a competitive business landscape and strict regulations make it more important than ever to keep hold of data. But in their efforts...


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Most business managers simply see the end of March as the close to the first quarter. And while that’s an important occasion to mark, March 31st has taken on added importance after it was officially declared...


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It’s time for tape to stand up for itself. Too often during the past few years have the critics gotten their chance to bash the technology as being dated, ineffective and no longer viable. Such claims...


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