Iron Mountain's LiveVault® Server Backup Service Named 2006 CODiE Award Winner
Leading online backup and recovery service for small and medium businesses recognized by panel of journalists and peers
BOSTON, MA – June 5, 2006 – Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM), the
global leader in information protection and storage services, today announced
that its LiveVault service won the Best Storage Software Solution category for
the 21st Annual CODiE Awards. LiveVault Server Backup service is a leading
disk-based online server backup and recovery solution for small and mid-size
businesses and for corporations with remote offices seeking secure,
set-it-and-forget-it data protection and recovery. The LiveVault Server Backup
service is one of several key services offered by Iron Mountain Digital, the
Company's technology business unit that specializes in distributed data
protection and e-records management software and services.
“We are honored to be a CODiE award winner,” said John Clancy, executive vice
president of Iron Mountain Digital. “Iron Mountain's LiveVault solution has
continued to impress our customers, and now the CODiE judges, with its automatic
data protection and ability to recover data wherever, whenever, 100% of the
time.”
The LiveVault service offers the first and only solution that seamlessly
couples network- and disk-based backup and recovery to create a complete and
fully automated data protection solution. LiveVault automatically and
continuously backs up business server data via a secure Internet connection,
storing the data offsite in a secure, remote location, where it is available for
immediate recovery in the event of a system failure, virus, human error or other
disaster.
Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards remains the standard-bearer for
celebrating outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital and
education technology industries. Through a unique combination of journalist and
peer review, the CODiE Awards recognize 71 categories of outstanding products
and services, as well as corporate excellence and philanthropy. This year's
winners represent a wide and impressive array of technology and business
excellence, passion and success. They were chosen from more than 1,026
nominations submitted by more than 500 companies - breaking the nominations
record set in the 2005 awards.
“I applaud all the companies selected as winners or finalists in this year's
CODiE Awards,” said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. “The software and information
industry continues to move at a break-neck pace. New technology and business
model innovations are constantly emerging and taking root. Being recognized by
your peers for getting to and staying at the head of the pack in such a dynamic
environment is a major accomplishment, and it is one of the reasons why the
CODiE Awards hold such a special place in our industry.”
The 2006 CODiE Award winners were announced at a gala event on May 16 at the
Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA.
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association
(SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content
industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business
development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more
than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information,
visit www.siia.net.
About Iron Mountain Digital
Iron Mountain Digital is the world's
leading provider of data backup/recovery and archiving software as a service
(SaaS). The technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated offers a comprehensive
suite of data protection and e-records management software and services to
thousands of companies around the world, directly and through a world-wide
network of channel partners. Iron Mountain Digital is based in Framingham, Mass.
with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. For more information, visit www.ironmountain.com/digital.
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 Asia Pacific. For more
information, visit the Company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com.
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