Company Receives High Scores for Supervision, Vision and Product Strategy
BOSTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:
IRM), the global leader in information protection and storage services, today
announced it was named a "Strong Performer" in the January 31, 2006 Forrester
Wave(TM) report: "Message Archiving Hosted Services, Q1 2006." Iron Mountain
was among a select group of companies Forrester Research invited to
participate. Iron Mountain was evaluated and ranked among the best, on the
basis of a comprehensive methodology relating to current offerings, strategy,
and market presence.
Iron Mountain was recognized as a Strong Performer due to its high scores
in supervision, vision and product strategy. Companies use message archiving
hosted services, such as Iron Mountain's Digital Archives, to comply with
government regulations and corporate communications policies as well as to
effectively handle legal discoveries.
The report provided the following summary of the key competitive strengths
of Iron Mountain's Digital Archives service: "Its Digital Archives is well
suited for financial services companies that use Exchange, need to comply with
SEC and NASD regulations for archiving and supervision, and want to outsource
message archiving to a leading hosted service provider. It is especially well
suited to firms that view message archiving as part of a broader records
management (RM) strategy."
"Forrester Research offers an educated and unbiased analysis of the
Message Archiving Hosted Services market segment," said John Clancy, executive
vice president of Iron Mountain Digital, the Company's technology business
unit that specializes in data backup/recovery and archiving software as a
service (SaaS). "The fact that Iron Mountain scored so well speaks to our
company's drive to meet the needs of our customers, and to our mission to be a
leader in providing solutions for better managing and protecting electronic
data and records."
The report, "Iron Mountain Is A Strong Performer In The Message Archiving
Hosted Services Market," Forrester Research, Inc., January 2006, elaborated
further on Iron Mountain's strengths: "Digital Archives has robust supervision
features with tools for reviewers, and indicators and mechanisms for
monitoring reviewer effectiveness. Random sampling is very strong, and the
system can flag messages as potential issues based on a lexicon match." The
Vendor Summary also noted, "Its Digital Archives offering provides support not
only for messages and attachments but also for faxes, file systems, and
databases. Customers can provide Iron Mountain with email backup tapes and
paper files to convert into electronic documents and import into the archive."
In addition, "Iron Mountain earns a solid score for support of various types
of content." For example, Digital Archives can index and search over 200
different attachment types.
For the full Forrester Wave(TM) report: "Message Archiving Hosted
Services, Q1 2006," please visit: http://www.forrester.com.
About Forrester Research and Forrester Wave(TM)
Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent technology and market
research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice about
technology's impact on business and consumers. The Forrester Wave(TM) is
copyrighted by Forrester Research Inc. Forrester and Forrester Wave(TM) are
trademarks of Forrester Research Inc. The Forrester Wave(TM) is a graphical
representation of Forrester's call on a market and is plotted using a detailed
spreadsheet with exposed scores, weightings and comments. Forrester does not
endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Forrester Wave(TM).
Information is based on best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at
the time and are subject to change.
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
http://www.ironmountain.com/digital.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the world's trusted partner for
records management and data protection services. Founded in 1951, the Company
has grown to service more than 275,000 customer accounts throughout the United
States, Canada, Europe and Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Iron Mountain
offers records management services for both physical and digital media,
disaster recovery support services, and consulting -- services that help
businesses save money and manage risks associated with legal and regulatory
compliance, protection of vital assets, and business continuity challenges.
For more information, visit the Company's web site at
http://www.ironmountain.com.
Contact: Laura Sudnik
Iron Mountain Incorporated
laura.sudnik@ironmountain.com
(617) 535-2907
Derek Delano / Sara Steindorf
Weber Shandwick
ddelano@webershandwick.com / ssteindorf@webershandwick.com
(617) 520-7120 / (617) 520-7259
SOURCE Iron Mountain Incorporated
02/01/2006
CONTACT: Laura Sudnik of Iron Mountain Incorporated, +1-617-535-2907,
laura.sudnik@ironmountain.com; or Derek Delano, +1-617-520-7120,
ddelano@webershandwick.com, or Sara Steindorf, +1-617-520-7259,
ssteindorf@webershandwick.com, both of Weber Shandwick for Iron Mountain
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