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Florida Data Bank of Tallahassee (www.floridadatabank.com) has completed a facilities and services expansion, creating what it describes as the largest off-site records storage and management center in the Tallahassee area.

The facility features 62,000 square feet of records storage space, including a Firelock fireproof modular vault, as well as information shredding and electronic records backup and management services. The facility also can store non-traditional items, such as physical evidence for law firms and medical center specimens.

Electronic records backup and management services were also added, providing options for electronic document access, including scan-on-demand services, back-file or day-forward conversion of stored paper documents into digital files and a software-as-a-service solution allowing secure, permission-granted access, tracking and management for colleague collaboration.

Florida Data Bank clients include CPA and law firms, financial institutions, medical facilities and governmental agencies seeking secure, confidential off-site storage and assistance regulatory compliance.

The company-owned steel, brick and masonry-constructed facilities offer 24-hour monitoring.

Jim Booth, executive director of PRISM International, Garner, N.C., has announced the results of the organization’s 2008 election.

Dennis Barnedt, who previously served as vice president of PRISM, has been elected to the post of president. Barnedt, president and CEO of Access Information Management of Pleasanton, Calif., took office Jan. 1, 2009.

Victor Hernandez of Safe Data Resources, Mexico, was elected as PRISM’s designated international director.

Frank Albi of Business Information Solutions, Cincinnati; Eugene Gibney of Wincanton Records Management, Dublin, Ireland; and Chris Pearson of Vanguard Archives, Chicago, also were elected as directors at-large to the PRISM International board. Their terms began Jan. 1, 2009.

Iron Mountain Inc., Boston, has announced two key senior level management appointments. Marc Duale has been named president, international, and William Brown has been named chief information officer.

Since joining the company in May 2006, Duale has headed Iron Mountain’s European business. Under his leadership, Iron Mountain’s European operations grew almost 50 percent from nearly $400 million in 2005 to anticipated revenue of approximately $600 million in 2008. He also oversaw Iron Mountain’s entrance into Switzerland, Greece, Turkey and Russia.

In his new role, Duale is responsible for the company’s full international portfolio, including business development and operations in Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Duale leads the development of Iron Mountain’s presence in South America, Central America, Asia and Australia. He reports to CEO Bob Brennan.

Bill Brown joined Iron Mountain in August 2005 as senior vice president of information technology and has since expanded the company’s use of technology to support its storage-as-a-service offerings—hosted digital services that enable organizations to reduce their costs and risks of protecting and storing information. Chief among Brown’s priorities as CIO are synchronizing technology with key business processes and developing ways the company can increase its capacity for protecting customers’ digital data around the world. He also reports to Brennan.

Tyler Conway has been promoted to the newly created position of director of operations at Jayhawk File Express, Topeka, Kan.

Conway is responsible for the company’s information technology and imaging department growth. He also oversees operational infrastructure for systems and processes.

"One of our innovations is that we focus on information retrieval rather than storage," Conway says. "Our customers need to be able to access their information quickly and safely. We can pull a file, scan the pages and upload the images so the entire file can be sent anywhere in the world."

Conway attended Kansas State University, majoring in computer science engineering, and Washburn University, majoring in business administration.

"Tyler is a great asset to Jayhawk File Express," President and CEO Cheryl Creviston says. "He’s always looking for more effective uses of technology to create solutions for our customers’ challenges while keeping their costs to a minimum."