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'''Iron Mountain''' is an industry leader in the protection and storage of information, and works with both physical and electronic files. 97% of the companies generally listed on the Fortune 1000 use Iron Mountain as their information manager.<ref>[http://www.ironmountain.com/company/about-us.html Iron Mountain About]</ref> | |||
Iron Mountain was selected by ICANN to function as its Registrar Data Escrow ([[RDE]]) agent in November, 2007.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13feb08.htm ICANN announcement]</ref> | |||
==Business Scope and History== | |||
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> | |||
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== | |||
Revision as of 17:41, 26 January 2011
| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Information Management |
| Founded: | 1951 |
| Founder(s): | Herman Knaust |
| Headquarters: | 745 Atlantic Ave. Boston, MA 02111 |
| Website: | Ironmountain.com |
Iron Mountain is an industry leader in the protection and storage of information, and works with both physical and electronic files. 97% of the companies generally listed on the Fortune 1000 use Iron Mountain as their information manager.[1]
Iron Mountain was selected by ICANN to function as its Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) agent in November, 2007.[2]
Business Scope and History
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.[3]
Iron Mountain now has more than 45 million sq. f.t of storage space in more than 1000 facilities in 37 countries.[4][5]
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.[6] In 2001, they invested $25 million in their digital archiving business.[7] A year later they acquired Connected Corp. for $117 million and began pushing into the online data backup market.[8] 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.[9] Brennan came to Iron Mountain via its acquisition of Connected Corp.