Iron Mountain Digital Introduces the Industry’s First Enterprise Solution for Cloud-Based File Archiving
On-Demand Long-Term Storage Service Reduces Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Storing Inactive Data
BOSTON, MA – February 23, 2009 – Iron Mountain
Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM)
and the leading provider of Storage-as-a-Service (StaaS) for backup and
archiving, today announced the addition of Virtual File Store™ service
to its robust Digital Archiving and Storage-as-a-Service portfolio. The
Virtual File Store solution is an enterprise-class, cloud-based storage
archiving service designed to help companies reduce costs of storing
and managing static data files. As companies search for cost-effective
solutions to manage massive amounts of digital information, Iron
Mountain Digital’s Virtual File Store offers secure, long-term storage
of inactive data at off-site data centers, greatly reducing the
investment in an expensive on-site storage infrastructure and
supporting regulatory and compliance initiatives.
“More than ever, companies are struggling to keep pace with rapid
data growth and increased regulatory demand – often retaining enormous
amounts of data ‘just in case’ they need it down the road,” said John
Clancy, president of Iron Mountain Digital. “Given that 50 to 60
percent of corporate data is inactive, storing all that data in-house
is not a sustainable storage strategy for companies today that are
faced with soaring storage costs and shrinking IT budgets. The
enterprise-class Virtual File Store service directly addresses this
problem by freeing up precious storage resources, while ensuring
inactive data is secure and easily accessible.”
The key benefits of the Virtual File Store service include:
- No Large Capital Investment Required – Because the Virtual File
Store service is integrated with existing infrastructure and fits into
the monthly operating budget, no large upfront outlay is required.
- Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) – Virtual File Store enables
predictable, manageable costs without ongoing system investments or
maintenance headaches.
- Scalability to Adjust to Business Needs – Additional capacity is
immediately available with the service for short term storage spikes,
long-term structural changes, such as acquisitions, and rapidly
expanding digital file archives.
“As our business’ data is constantly growing, we are faced with the
challenge of ensuring data availability and disaster preparedness
against the associated cost,” said Elliott L. Townsend, IT manager of
BRUNS-PAK. “Iron Mountain Digital’s Virtual File Store service allows
the relocation of static data from the production environment to a
secure and reliable location of high availability at an extremely
competitive cost. Also, in our case, when coupled with Iron Mountain
Digital’s LiveVault® solution for server data backup and protection, we
achieve an extremely robust and cost-effective disaster recovery
solution.”
With virtually unlimited storage capacity, Virtual File Store can be
integrated with a company’s existing storage infrastructure to migrate
inactive files over the VPN network to Iron Mountain’s secure,
redundant data centers. Authorized users and applications can then
retrieve files on-demand via a secure Internet connection from anywhere
at anytime within the corporate environment.
Iron Mountain Digital’s Storage-as-a-Service Model
The newest addition to Iron Mountain Digital’s
Storage-as-a-Service portfolio, the Virtual File Store service
leverages the security, compliance and scalability of the
Storage-as-a-Service framework to manage large volumes of inactive
digital data to reduce overall storage expenses. With Iron Mountain
Digital’s service model, companies can deploy cost-effective
cloud-based storage with enterprise-grade security to reduce the risk,
cost and complexity of managing digital information.
For more information about Iron Mountain Digital’s Virtual File Store service, contact 1-800-899-IRON or visit www.ironmountain.com/vfs
About Iron Mountain Digital
Iron Mountain Digital is the world's leading provider of Storage-as-a
Service solutions for backup and archiving. The technology arm of Iron
Mountain Incorporated offers a comprehensive suite of data protection,
archiving and intellectual property management solutions to thousands
of companies around the world, directly and through a worldwide network
of channel partners. Iron Mountain Digital is based in Southborough,
Mass. with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
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 120,000 corporate
clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia
Pacific. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com.