{"id":1221,"date":"2025-10-21T13:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crownrelo.co.nz\/records-management\/from-rot-to-roi-how-sustainable-information-management-cuts-costs-and-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:14:56","slug":"from-rot-to-roi-how-sustainable-information-management-cuts-costs-and-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crownrelo.co.nz\/records-management\/blog\/from-rot-to-roi-how-sustainable-information-management-cuts-costs-and-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"From ROT to ROI: How Information Management saves money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section>\n\n<div class=\"section-inner\">\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Every organisation is paying to store and protect information it doesn&#8217;t need. 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