Document, Records & Media Recovery

One of the most exciting areas in our industry is the recovery of critical business information. This may take the form of plain documentation, paper, journals, books, records, film, libraries, archives, historical archives, and magnetic media. The fact is that businesses can fail and cease to operate effectively when important data is lost or unavailable.

BMS CAT^® has just commissioned our 6th generation of vacuum freeze-drying chambers affording us the greatest capacity in the world for recovering this type of materials. The process allows us to take materials from wet, to frozen to dry states, bypassing the liquid and damaging phase of water through fully automated controls. Our proprietary software was developed in-house, to control this remarkable sublimation process and report minute by minute project progress. This technology and various imaging technologies allow us to recover materials that just ten years ago would have been considered a total loss.

Another challenge has been the advent of federal regulations concerning privacy in medical and personal information. This makes security and chain of custody issues extremely important. The need for these procedures and security regulations are why our records and information recovery services are in our state-of-the-art recovery facility which meets or exceeds the requirements of a commercial records management center. When needed, our security can be augmented to meet the needs of classified and top secret government information as well.

Another exciting area is the recovery of microfilm, microfiche and x-rays. Damage from smoke and water can be recovered if time-sensitive protocols are enacted quickly.