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| type = Public
| type = Public
| industry = Information Management
| industry = Information Management
| founded =
| founded = 1951
| founders =
| founders = Herman Knaust
| headquarters = 745 Atlantic Ave.<br>
| headquarters = 745 Atlantic Ave.<br>
Boston, MA 02111
Boston, MA 02111
| website = [http://www.ironmountain.com/ Ironmountain.com]
| website = [http://www.ironmountain.com/ 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.<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==