Document scanning and digital storage

Unlocking AI potential starts with digitisation services

As AI initiatives accelerate, physical assets and legacy archives hold teams back. Heavy IT overhead, complex file delivery, and strict download windows slow down decentralised and hybrid workforces and inflate costs. Transforming physical assets into digital data helps remove these friction points—powering AI, streamlining workflows, and driving efficiency.

Beyond simple document scanning

Iron Mountain transforms your physical records into secure, searchable digital information. Your digitised documents are delivered directly to Iron Mountain InSight® DXP, our cloud-agnostic intelligent content platform. Hosted across major hyperscaler cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure), InSight DXP simplifies deployment and speeds time to access.

By improving visibility and security, reducing manual processes, and streamlining document retrieval, InSight DXP enhances operational resilience—all while providing flexibility as your digital needs mature.

How document scanning and digital storage works
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Enterprise digitisation capabilities

Global scale and security:

  • High-volume infrastructure: We digitise over 3 billion documents annually across 141 imaging sites in 45 countries.
  • Versatile format handling: Processes paper, legacy media, X-rays, and specialised physical formats with a secure chain of custody.
  • Flexible asset disposition: Choose to return physical assets, store them in Iron Mountain record centers, or execute certified destruction after scanning.

Quickly search and find information

  • Direct cloud delivery: Deliver digital files straight to InSight DXP or another secure repository.
  • Real-time visibility: Track scanning progress in real time and enable quality checks directly in the platform.
  • Distributed workforce access: Allows hybrid and remote teams to search, view, and securely download data from virtually any location using an intuitive viewer.

Effortless procurement and growth

  • Cloud marketplace ready: Purchase directly through AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure to leverage committed spend and bypass lengthy procurement cycles.
  • Modern SFTP alternative: Replaces outdated SFTP file deliveries with a cost-effective, secure digital archive designed to scale.
  • Built for innovation: Seamlessly expand storage, onboard new users, and unlock AI-driven automation as your organisation evolves.

Digitisation differentiators

Operating 141 imaging supercenters across 45 countries, delivering over 3 billion documents scanned in 2025 

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  • Combines traditional high-volume scanning with advancements in AI/ML technology to deliver value at a competitive cost

  • Scales to handle large volumes

  • Secure chain of custody

  • Centralised operations team manages global capacity across imaging centers 

Comprehensive digitisation solutions

Our expertise covers the spectrum of your information lifecycle:

Boost efficiency and compliance with targeted document scanning

No need to digitise everything at once. Start strategically by auditing your physical files. Focus on high-value records first, store what’s required, and destroy what's expired.

Converting paper to digital boosts productivity, cuts storage fees, and tightens compliance. Auditing your inventory allows you to prioritise high-impact documents and digitise at your own pace. Key benefits include:

  • Searchability and efficiency: Delivers secure, rapid access to critical records to your remote and hybrid workforce.
  • Automated workflow routing: Replaces slow manual handoffs with automated digital processes while maintaining essential human oversight to minimise errors.
  • Regulatory compliance: Simplifies adherence to GDPR, HIPAA, and industry mandates with granular access controls and audit logs.
  • Cost savings: Helps eliminate expensive physical archiving, paper supplies, and manual filing overhead.
  • Disaster recovery and data resilience: Encrypted digital backups help protect critical assets from fire, flood, and physical degradation.

Automate your enterprise workflows with InSight DXP

Whether you use our platform to power your business function or industry workflows InSight DXP delivers measurable operational impact. Explore how our platform modernises workflows across sectors:

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Enterprise back office

Optimise core operations by transforming unstructured invoice data, HR files, and incoming mail into structured, actionable intelligence that feeds directly into your enterprise systems.
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Financial services & banking

Automate back office workflows and streamline compliance by using AI-driven software to organise, classify, extract and validate financial data.
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Healthcare & life sciences

Unify clinical data and protect patient privacy by modernising access to medical records, lab reports, and imaging, while maintaining strict data governance.
Digital Government

Government & public sector

Digitise records, automate workflows, and deliver greater value for your money while enhancing citizen outcomes.
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Media & entertainment

Convert static storage into a unified dynamic library to quickly locate master files, B-roll, audio tracks, and images to power your storytelling.

Proven results: Real-world ROI

Digitisation isn't just about scanning documents—it's about driving efficiency, security, and growth. Discover how our customers unlock efficiency, protect vital history, and accelerate their missions.

Maximise your potential with InSight DXP

A fully composable platform that activates, cleans, and protects your enterprise data.

Explore what you can do with InSight DXP

  • Get your data AI-ready - Clean up duplicate and outdated files automatically to cut storage costs, reduce risk, and power your AI tools.
  • Turn documents into data - Extract accurate data from thousands of unstructured pages using smart AI and human verification.
  • Your knowledge, all in one place - Turn scattered files into active assets so you can find answers quickly and speed up daily work.
  • Turn intelligence into action - Build automated workflows in hours to speed up decisions and free your team for bigger goals.
  • Smart governance for a safer business - Automate retention rules across 130+ countries to help stay compliant, lower storage costs, and protect sensitive files. 

Break down data silos without replacing the tools your team already uses

Connect InSight DXP to the systems you use every day. Don't let your valuable information stay trapped in silos. We leverage MuleSoft's built-in technology to provide instant, secure connectivity to the 300+ platforms that drive your business—including Salesforce, Workday, SAP, and Oracle—with no separate MuleSoft licensing required.

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Seamless integration with your cloud provider

Our digital solutions are cloud-agnostic with marketplace availability. We collaborate with top cloud providers for easy integration into your existing IT infrastructure.

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Industry-leading compliance and certifications

InSight DXP is built on a foundation of trust. Your data is protected by the same security rigour that makes ~95% of the Fortune 1000 trust us. Our security approach is comprehensive, safeguarding your information from ingestion to processing.

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