Sydney, Australia - (The Hosting News) - March 3, 2008 - Information protection and storage services provider, Iron Mountain Incorporated, has made its Connected Backup for PC and LiveVault server backup solutions available directly to Australian businesses and partners through a locally-operated data center in Sydney, Australia.

Ian Hollow,Managing Director at Iron Mountain's Australasia noted, ''Iron Mountain is the world's leading provider of backup and archiving software and Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. With the launch of the Australian data center, we can offer these services directly to businesses and through a network of regional channel partners. This data center not only improves performance and allows local shipment of large amounts of data, but also provides our customers peace of mind that their data is stored and protected within Australian borders.''

Iron Mountain's comprehensive distributed data protection solutions help thousands of enterprises and tens of thousands of smaller companies are designed to automatically back up and recover server and PC data. The Connected Backup for PC solution virtually eliminates the risk of PC data loss by automatically backing up desktop and laptop computers as users perform their normal tasks. Additionally, Iron Mountain's LiveVault server backup is a complete server data protection solution for small and medium businesses, as well as remote offices and sites. Combining proven disk and online technologies, LiveVault radically simplifies the protection of file, database, application and Microsoft Exchange servers, eliminating the burden of tape backup. Iron Mountain has commenced talks with Australian partners who will launch co-branded services directly to their customers utilizing Iron Mountain's technology solutions and the local data center on the back end.

Dave Kubick, Vice President of Worldwide Alliances for Iron Mountain Digital added, ''We've had a growing demand from our customers worldwide for data protection solutions and services. So in addition to offering our data protection services directly, we will continue to rely on the strength of our channel partner program for extending the availability of our Storage-as-a-Service offerings in Australia as well.''

Iron Mountain Digital is a provider of data backup/recovery and archiving software and Storage-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, Massachusetts with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) helps organizations around the world reduce the risks and costs 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 100,000 corporate clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin American and Asia Pacific.

To learn more about Iron Mountain Digital, please visit: www.ironmountain.com/digital.

For more information about Iron Mountain, please visit: www.ironmountain.com.