Seagate selects Iron Mountain’s data center for colocation; Iron
Mountain to resell Seagate EVault Cloud Backup and Cloud Disaster
Recovery
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Organizations are increasingly relying on cloud-based backup and
disaster recovery tools to protect their critical data and business
operations. Iron
Mountain (NYSE:IRM) and Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) today
announced a multi-year alliance agreement that brings together distinct
capabilities in security, services, and scale from two industry leading
information storage and management companies. Seagate will co-locate
parts of its data center operations to Iron Mountain’s National
Underground Data Center. Additionally, Iron Mountain will resell
Seagate EVault Cloud Server Backup and Cloud Disaster Recovery solutions.
“This partnership offers customers a unique combination of technology
and trust,” said Jason Buffington, senior data protection analyst for
the Enterprise Strategy Group. “Combining Seagate’s expertise as an
early innovator in hybrid data protection, built on on-premises
appliances and cloud repositories; with Iron Mountain’s solid reputation
as a trusted protector of data and assets, should be a welcome pairing
for customers and partners looking for hybrid protection. As the
business continuity/disaster recovery market continues to evolve, this
combination will be one to watch and partner with moving forward.”
“This is an incredible partnership between two global data management
leaders,” said Mike Palmer, senior vice president and general manager of
Cloud Systems and Solutions at Seagate. “The unique combination of our
cloud systems and solutions being housed in Iron Mountain’s highly
secure and compliant data center provides organizations with
unparalleled security, reliability, and confidence.”
Iron Mountain will offer Seagate EVault Cloud Backup and Cloud Disaster
Recovery services with the benefit of their data being protected in Iron
Mountain’s National Underground Data Center near Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Through this partnership Iron Mountain customers will be
able to:
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Protect their servers with continuous backup into one of the most
secured data centers and pay only for what is used;
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Store backup data 220-feet underground for disaster recovery and
retention in Iron Mountain’s ultra-resilient and secure data center;
and
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Receive recovery services with Seagate’s industry leading recovery
team within agreed upon service-level agreements (1 hour, 24 hours,
and 48 hours)
“We take data backup and storage very seriously, much like Seagate, so
it was a natural fit for our companies to join forces,” said Eileen
Sweeney, senior vice president and general manager, Data Management,
Iron Mountain. “Customers come to Iron Mountain because of our
reputation as the one to turn to when you need to know that your data is
safe, no matter what happens. We’re very happy to provide this level of
reliability to Iron Mountain and Seagate customers, and pleased to offer
our customers Seagate’s best in class cloud backup and disaster recovery
solution.”
Customers can learn more about Iron Mountain and Seagate’s offering at
Gartner’s Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management conference
in Las Vegas on Thursday, December 4th, 2014. Janson Hoambrecker,
director of product management, Seagate Technology and Dr. Jeremy Zhang,
director of product management, Iron Mountain will discuss how Seagate
Technology and Iron Mountain have come together to help customers solve
their backup and disaster recovery problems. The session runs
from 11:30am – 12:00pm in the "Titian 2304” room at The Venetian Las
Vegas.
For more information, visit www.ironmountain.com/evault
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a leading provider of storage
and information management services. The company’s real estate network
of over 67 million square feet across more than 1,000 facilities in 36
countries allows it to serve customers with speed and accuracy. And its
solutions for records
management, data
management, document
management, and secure
shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information for
business advantage. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects
billions of information assets, including business documents, backup
tapes, electronic files and medical data. Visit www.ironmountain.com
for more information.
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Source: Iron Mountain