New capabilities for indexing and restoring data make it easier for
customers to use computer backup tapes for archiving data, not just
disaster recovery
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 6, 2012--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the information management
company, today announced three new offerings aimed at helping customers
to find and retrieve files stored on magnetic tape cartridges, a
ubiquitous medium for backing up and archiving data. The services—Iron
Mountain Tape Identification, Iron Mountain Data Restoration and Iron
Mountain Media Migration—enable organizations to identify specific files
stored on tapes, access this data for legal discovery or other business
needs, and transfer the data to newer media formats. While tape’s low
cost and solid reliability have long made it the dominant media for
backing up data, the nature in which it catalogs files challenges
companies to quickly access specific information. Iron Mountain’s new
services make data stored on tape easier to find, access and manage.
“Data continues to grow exponentially, and organizations are struggling
to store it cost effectively, while ensuring they have fast access to
it,” said
Blaine Rigler
, senior vice president and general manager, data
backup and recovery, Iron Mountain. “Most of this data is archival, most
likely never to be needed again, yet organizations keep it for
compliance reasons and in the event of disaster or litigation. In these
scenarios, tape can be a viable solution, but it still requires
additional functionality to discover what’s on these tapes, retrieve the
information and, if necessary, migrate the data to a compliant media
format. With our new services, we expand tape’s utility as an archival
media so customers can find, restore and migrate data without the
management headaches and high price tag typical of these processes.”
Iron Mountain’s services ensure that the information on backup tapes
remains accessible and protected in the right format, available whenever
it’s needed. Organizations can easily locate information when required
for business, compliance with regulatory requirements or in response to
legal audits. Lastly, they can secure this critical legacy data from
inadvertent disclosures, mitigating the risk of fines, sanctions and
loss of public trust.
These services include:
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Tape Identification – Available on a per project basis,
organizations can find what information resides on legacy backup tapes;
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Data Restoration – Available on demand or through a long-term
subscription, this allows organizations to easily identify, and
deliver the data contained on backup media, without requiring the IT
system that originally created the data;
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Media Migration – Available on a subscription basis, provides
organizations with easy access to their data on tape, DVD or their
preferred media, regardless of how it was originally stored.
For more on Iron Mountain’s Data Backup and Recovery solutions, visit www.ironmountain.com/Services/Data-Backup-and-Recovery.aspx.
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
Iron Mountain
Christian T. Potts, 617-535-8721
christian.potts@ironmountain.com
or
Weber
Shandwick
Kristen Georgian, 617-520-7042
kgeorgian@webershandwick.com