NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viewpointe®, a leading managed service and payments provider to regulated industries, today announced that it is partnering with the Information Governance Initiative (IGI). The IGI is an information governance think tank comprised of companies and organizations focused on information governance as well as a forum for sharing ideas, facts and techniques. This partnership is being launched to support a wider, more accurate understanding, as well as advancing the adoption, of information governance throughout the marketplace.
William Shute, Viewpointe executive vice president, corporate strategy and marketing said: “The IGI is making a significant contribution to raising the awareness of information governance, and we are excited to participate and support this important work. Addressing some of the inconsistency in the marketplace on best practices, adoption, as well as a standard definition of information governance will benefit the industry at large. We have found that every organization is at a different phase of the process – often dealing with very unique challenges.”
The IGI is a cross-disciplinary consortium and think tank dedicated to advancing the adoption of information governance practices and technologies through research, publishing, advocacy and peer-to-peer networking. The IGI publishes research, benchmarking surveys and guidance for practitioners that is freely available on its website.
“We are excited that an IG leader like Viewpointe has joined the IGI,” said Barclay T. Blair, founder and executive director of the Information Governance Initiative. “We believe that information governance is the best chance we have to control and exploit our information assets. However, there is a significant gap between what is possible and what organizations are actually doing. We created the IGI — a forum where practitioners, providers and experts can exchange ideas, facts and techniques — to bridge this gap. Together, we can build a better way forward, and we are pleased to have Viewpointe as a partner in that mission.”
“Highly regulated organizations are increasingly looking to better understand information governance best practices,” added Shute. “We have seen that regulated industries, including financial services and healthcare, are looking to improve enterprise agility while protecting themselves from risks such as those associated with unmanaged data, unfettered storage growth and a reactive eDiscovery stance. We believe that our customers, many of whom are looking to raise awareness of IG within their own organizations, will benefit greatly from our partnership with, as well as the resources provided by, IGI.”
ABOUT VIEWPOINTE
Founded in 2000, Viewpointe® is one of the largest service providers to regulated industries. The New York-based company offers cloud-based information governance, check archive, end-to-end check image exchange, clearing and settlement services. Trusted by major financial institutions, Viewpointe has been named to the prestigious FinTech 100, representing the best of the best in financial technology and service providers, every year since 2006. For more information, please visit http://viewpointe.com/ and follow us on Twitter @viewpointellc.
