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When Iron Mountain was founded in 1951 , the threat of nuclear war hung over Germantown , New York , even though it sat safely outside of the blast zone . A local farmer with an entrepreneurial streak , Herman Knaust , saw an opportunity to transform his underground mushroom farm into a security vault for banks to store their files .
Simon McNair , director of Iron Mountain ' s healthcare government and public sector business in the UK , has been with Iron Mountain for ten years . He ’ s seen a lot of innovation within the company , but has not been invited into the Germantown nuclear bunker .
“ I ’ m interested in the impact that service changes have on innovation and how technology improves the way services are delivered ,” says McNair . “ Ultimately , it ' s about improving outcomes for patients .”
Iron Mountain is a global information management leader , which offers customers a way to protect their most valuable assets – from art to receipts – both digitally and in physical storage .
“ We offer a really broad portfolio of services ,” says McNair . “ Since our foundation , we ' ve grown and expanded our relationships and solutions , particularly around the security we offer . We provide a range of digital transformation and data centre services to 225,000 customers worldwide .”
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