Iron Mountain - Press Room - Historical Milestones

Historical Milestones:

Iron Mountain has a rich and colorful history dating back to 1951, when a depleted iron ore mine in upstate New York was converted to the nation's first secure underground records storage center, designed to protect corporate vital records in the event of a nuclear holocaust. Since that time, the motivation for records storage and management services has changed, and Iron Mountain has been in the vanguard of this evolving industry.

1951	Iron Mountain Atomic Storage Corporation is established by Herman Knaust
1975	IronMountain, the present company, purchases the underground mine and the nearby, larger underground site from Knaust
1978	IronMountainpurchases nearby aboveground record center and begins developing high density storage systems
1980	Company expands to New England with the purchase of a third underground facility
	Becomes a founding member of Professional Records and Information Services Management (PRISM), formerly ACRC
1981	C. Richard Reese joins the Company as president and CEO
1983	IronMountain expands to New Hampshire and New Jersey
1986	Company establishes Corporate Headquarters in Boston and purchases New England Storage Warehouse
	Becomes dominant records management company in the Northeast
1988	IronMountainbecomes a national company with the acquisition of Bell & Howell Records Management Company
1991	Introduces customers to SafeKeeperPLUS, Iron Mountain's proprietary records inventory management system
1994	Company introduces its Records Management Consulting Services
1995	Richard Reese named chairman of the board
1996	Initial public offering of common stock, trading on the NASDAQ, under the symbol IMTN
1997	IronMountainbecomes the leading software escrow company in the world with the acquisition of Data Securities International, Inc. (DSI)
	Enters the Health Information Management services market with the acquisition of Record Masters (HIMSCorp.)
1998	IronMountain becomes the leading off-site data protection company in the U.S. with the acquisition of Arcus Data Security, Inc. (renamed Off-Site Data Protection in 2001)
1999	Company establishes its first international presence through acquisition of British Data Management (BDM) in UK
	Enters the Mexican market with the acquisition of SAC Mexico
	Moves to the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol IRM
2000	IronMountain enters Latin America through acquisition of Storage, S.A. in Argentina
	Merges with Pierce Leahy Archives, the second largest records management company, making Iron Mountain the only company providing a full line of records and information management services throughout the Western Hemisphere and in Europe
	Establishes Iron Mountain Confidential Destruction division (renamed Secure Shredding in 2002)
2001	Company launches two key technology solutions for information protection and storage: Electronic Vaulting services for online backup and recovery, and Digital Archives for electronic records management
2002	IronMountainnamed "Company of the Year" by The Boston Business Journal
2003	IronMountainnamed to Contingency Planning & Management magazine's CPM Hall of Fame
	Debuts on the Fortune 1000list as #887
	CEO Richard Reese named "N.E. Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young
	Significantly increased its presence throughout Europe by acquiring the Information Management Services unit of Hays PLC
	Named to the Information Week 500 for innovative technology practices
	Named one of 100 Fastest Growing Companies in MA by the Boston Business Journal
2004	IronMountainmoves up 30 spots to #857 on the Fortune 1000 list
	Debuts on The Boston Globe's annual company rankings, "The Globe 100" at #27
	Expands its Intellectual Property Management services by acquiring domain name management firm Arcemus®
	Ranks in ComputerWorld's Best Places to Work in Information Technology
	Expands Secure Shredding services in Canada through the acquisition of Ottawa, Ontario-based franchiser Proshred Security International Inc. and eight of its Canadian franchisees
	For the second year in a row, named to the InformationWeek 500 for innovative technology practices
	Forms the Iron Mountain Digital business unit following the acquisition of Connected Corporation, a leader in online backup and distributed data protection
	Company appoints Bob Brennan as President of North America
2005	Iron Mountain moves up 46 spots to #811 on the 2005 Fortune 1000 list
	IronMountain ranks #53 on Boston Globe's 2005 Globe 100
	PC Magazineawards Connected DataProtector with Editor's Choice Award for online backup services
	Makes its first move into the Pacific Rim with the acquisition of the Australian and New Zealand operations of Pickfords Records Management ("PRM")
	Bob Brennan promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer
	Acquires LiveVault Corporation, a leading provider of disk-based online server backup and recovery solutions, further extending the Company's technology portfolio
2006	IronMountain moves up 28 spots to #783 on the 2005 Fortune 1000 list
	FORTUNE Names Iron Mountain as one of America's Most Admired Companies for Diversified Outsourcing for Second Year in a Row
	Iron Mountain Expands Government Services Organization to Better Support the Growing Needs of its Public Sector Clients; Opens new government-focused business unit headquarters in Dulles, VA
	Acquires DigiGuard, a leading provider of data protection services in Australia and New Zealand
	LiveVault service won the Best Storage Software Solution category for the 21st Annual CODiE Awards
	Marc Duale appointed President of Iron Mountain Europe
	IronMountainlisted on InformationWeek 500 for fourth consecutive year
	Boston Leader Summit honors Richard Reese with 2006 Visionary Leadership award
	Iron Mountain customer, Cooke & Bieler, wins InfoWorld Top 100 award for "Business Continuity and data protection" for its use of Iron Mountain's LiveVault service.
2007	Iron Mountain has been chosen to receive the KMWorld 2007 Readers' Choice Award in "Records Management, Regulatory Compliance."
	Iron Mountain debuts in Forbes magazine's "Top 400 Best Big Companies" ranked 6^th in Business Services and Supplies Industry.