BOSTON and MALAYSIA, Jun 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the information management
company, and RegistryASP,
a leading domain name registry back-end provider, have entered into a
co-referral agreement to better provide for applicants participating in
the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program piloted by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This agreement is
being announced at the ICANN
41 meeting held in Singapore this week. Under the terms of this
agreement, Iron Mountain will refer prospective gTLD Registry Operators
to RegistryASP for registry services, and RegistryASP will refer
prospective Registry Operators to Iron Mountain for data escrow services.
ICANN is the organization responsible for coordinating the Internet's
unique identifiers, including the domain name system (DNS). Introducing
new gTLDs will help ICANN to promote competition in the domain name
market while ensuring Internet security and stability. A gTLD is an
Internet extension such as .COM, .ORG, or .INFO. It is part of the
structure of the Internet's domain name system.
There are roughly two dozen gTLDs now, but ICANN is expecting hundreds
of applications to be submitted from companies, organizations and
individuals once the New gTLD Program is officially launched. This
co-referral agreement between RegistryASP and Iron Mountain leverages
the operational synergies of the two companies in anticipation of the
launch of the New gTLD Program in 2011 by ICANN.
"This is an exciting time for the domain name industry as companies,
organizations and even individuals get to create their own unique
identifier or extension on the Internet as opposed to .COM," said TK
Tan, CEO of RegistryASP. "It is extremely complex to launch a new gTLD
and to run registry operations. Registry ASP has experienced consultants
who have been through the processes and can confidently assist our
customers with their new gTLD application, setting up a registry team
and eventually running operations. We are delighted to partner with Iron
Mountain - the preferred provider in the industry - to provide our
clients with reliable and secure Registry Data Escrow services."
Data escrow services are a requirement for setting up a new gTLD
registry. A Registry
Data Escrow agreement is put in place to ensure business continuity
of the registry in the event of hardship faced by the existing owners of
the registry. Iron Mountain was the first company ever selected to
protect domain name registry data via escrow agreements, and has been
doing so since 2001.
"As we countdown to the launch of the New gTLD Program, Iron Mountain
and RegistryASP are confident that this relationship will provide value
and benefits to our customers, essentially delivering a one-stop shop
for consultation, registry back-end and data escrow services," said John
Boruvka, vice president of intellectual property management at Iron
Mountain. "We are pleased that RegistryASP recognizes Iron Mountain's
expertise and market leadership in providing new gTLD applicants with
registry data escrow services."
About RegistryASP
RegistryASP is a leading registry backend provider that has a proven
track record of operational performance and excellent customer support.
RegistryASP provides registry services for Congo (.CD), Columbia (.CO),
Hong Kong (.HK) and Singapore (.SG). In addition, RegistryASP provides
customized registry components for Malaysia (.MY) and policy
consultation services to Oman (.OM). For more information about
RegistryASP, please visit www.registryasp.com.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) provides information management
services that help organizations lower the costs, risks and
inefficiencies of managing their physical and digital data. The
Company's solutions enable customers to protect and better use their
information--regardless of its format, location or lifecycle stage--so
they can optimize their business and ensure proper recovery, compliance
and discovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain manages billions of
information assets, including business records, electronic files,
medical data, emails and more for organizations around the world. Visit www.ironmountain.com
or follow the company on Twitter @IronMountain for more information.
SOURCE: Iron Mountain Incorporated
Public Relations for Iron Mountain
Maria Doyle, 781-964-3536
maria@doylestratcomm.com
or
For Registry ASP
Lester Kum, (65) 9187 9532
lester.kum@registryasp.com