Iron Mountain Enhances Server Electronic Vaulting Service
New On-site Backup Appliance Delivers Significantly Reduced Restoration Time for Greater Data Volumes; Strengthens Encryption Capabilities across Entire Backup and Storage Lifecycle
June 27, 2005
BOSTON, MA - Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM), the world’s trusted partner for records management and data protection services, today announced the enhancement of its Server Electronic Vaulting service to include stronger encryption capabilities as well as the availability of an On-site Backup Appliance to significantly reduce the restoration time necessary to get businesses back up and running in the event of a disaster or systems failure.
Iron Mountain’s new On-site Backup Appliance option delivers an on-site caching capability enabling companies to reduce the time it takes to restore larger amounts of data, and achieve recovery points that get them up and running quickly without losing critical data.
“With data being the lifeblood of most businesses today, the inability to quickly recover critical data after a business disruption is a significant threat to a company’s existence,” said John Clancy, executive vice president of Iron Mountain’s Digital business unit.“Our enhanced Server Electronic Vaulting service with the On-Site Backup Appliance option addresses the need for significantly reduced data recovery times while also providing the off-site vaulting of data that’s so critical in the event of a site disaster.”
Iron Mountain’s Server Electronic Vaulting is a fully managed service that automatically and continuously backs up data to ensure customers won't waste precious time and efforts recreating data in the event of a disaster.With the addition of an On-site Backup Appliance, the Server Electronic Vaulting service offers further reduction in recovery time objectives (RTO), a critical metric for measuring the success of disaster recovery plans.The RTO determines the length of time a company can afford to be without its critical data.
“Enterprise Strategy Group’s research indicates that 50% of enterprises do not adequately backup systems to prevent data loss. Confronted with the potentially irreparable harm resulting from extended downtime or data loss from a disaster, companies need to ensure they have adequate resources and tools in place to recover their data as quickly as possible,” said Brian Babineau, an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group.“Additionally, encryption of backup data is no longer an optional security measure.Today it’s considered a critical component for implementing a best practices data protection program.”
Iron Mountain’s Server Electronic Vaulting service is also now providing 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption through the entire data lifecycle from point of transfer through to the secure storage in the Iron Mountain data center.The addition of encryption across the lifecycle of the backup data strengthens the existing Electronic Vaulting procedure of transferring data over a secure Internet connection, and stored off-site and off-line.
“We’re focused on providing our customers with the greatest level of data protection and security and the only effective means to prevent unauthorized access to data is the use of encryption,” added John Clancy.“Iron Mountain’s Electronic Vaulting service provides high levels of data encryption from the moment it leaves our customer’s servers, as it is transferred, and throughout the entire time it is stored in our secure data center.”
Iron Mountain's Server Electronic Vaulting service significantly reduces the challenges associated with backing up servers in multiple locations. The service automatically backs up server data over the Internet and stores it off site in a secure Iron Mountain vault. Critical data is always backed up and can be immediately restored, if necessary, through a simple Web-based user interface. The element of human error is removed from backup and recovery operations. Iron Mountain’s Server Electronic Vaulting service utilizes proven, reliable, software from one of its best-of-breed technology partners, LiveVault® Corporation.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) helps organizations around the world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and storage. The Company offers comprehensive records management and data protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is a trusted partner to more than 90,000 corporate clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com
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Public Relations
Iron Mountain
Phone: 617-535-2907
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