Changes

The company was started when Herman Knaust decided to market the old mine he had purchased to grow mushrooms in as a storage facility for important corporate documents.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref>

The company was started when Herman Knaust decided to market the old mine he had purchased to grow mushrooms in as a storage facility for important corporate documents.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref>

Iron Mountain now has more than 45 million sq. f.t of storage space in more than 1000 facilities in 37 countries.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/records/management/records-management-and-storage.html Iron Mountain Records Management]</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref>

Iron Mountain now has more than 45 million sq. ft. of storage space in more than 1,000 facilities in 37 countries.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/records/management/records-management-and-storage.html Iron Mountain Records Management]</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref>

They have been growing and diversifying their business since going public in 1996, and they have acquired more than 100 companies throughout their company's history.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> In 2001, they invested $25 million in their digital archiving business.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> A year later they acquired Connected Corp. for $117 million and began pushing into the online data backup market.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> Much of Iron Mountain's growth has been overseen by its CEO Richard Reese, who ran the company from 1981 until 2008; he was succeeded by [[Robert Brennan]].<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/27/business-global-brennan-lead-cx_mk_0627qa.html Forbes]</ref> Brennan came to Iron Mountain via its acquisition of Connected Corp.

They have been growing and diversifying their business since going public in 1996, and they have acquired more than 100 companies throughout their company's history.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> In 2001, they invested $25 million in their digital archiving business.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2002/05/20/daily2.html BizJournals]</ref> A year later they acquired Connected Corp. for $117 million and began pushing into the online data backup market.<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/backup-recovery/consolidation-reshapes-online-backup-market.php?p=2 Network Computing Journal]</ref> Much of Iron Mountain's growth has been overseen by its CEO Richard Reese, who ran the company from 1981 until 2008; he was succeeded by [[Robert Brennan]].<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/27/business-global-brennan-lead-cx_mk_0627qa.html Forbes]</ref> Brennan came to Iron Mountain via its acquisition of Connected Corp.

==Iron Mountain and ICANN==

==Iron Mountain and ICANN==

[[ICANN]] selected Iron Mountain to be the digital escrow agent for its [[RDE]] program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13feb08.htm ICANN announcement]</ref> This program is designed to secure the Internet's domain name system by protecting important data through Iron Mountain's digital department. [[ICANN]] now requires registrars to escrow critical registration data that could then be released to [[ICANN]] should their be a termination of the registrar's accreditation agreement. Iron Mountain also provides registry data escrow services.<ref>ICANN40 Interview</ref>

[[ICANN]] selected Iron Mountain to be the digital escrow agent for its [[RDE]] program.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13feb08.htm ICANN announcement]</ref> This program is designed to secure the Internet's domain name system by protecting important data through Iron Mountain's digital department. [[ICANN]] now requires registrars to escrow critical registration data that could then be released to [[ICANN]] should their be a termination of the registrar's accreditation agreement. Iron Mountain also provides registry data escrow services.<ref>ICANN40 Interview</ref>