Iron Mountain and Microsoft agree cloud-based backup and recovery collaboration deal

Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain, has announced the signing of a strategic relationship with Microsoft Corp. to deliver a cloud-based backup and recovery solution for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 customers with Service Pack 1 are currently able to automatically backup their data to Iron Mountain Digital's new backup and recovery solution, ‘CloudRecovery’, for short- and long- term, secure off-site storage. The cloud-based solution will be available to all DPM customers beginning early in 2009. Companies who contract for the service by April 15, 2009, will receive 60 days of free service.

"Iron Mountain Digital and Microsoft are uniquely qualified to help customers manage and protect their data," said John Clancy, president, Iron Mountain Digital. "Our strategic relationship with Microsoft combines their strengths in platforms and applications with Iron Mountain's strengths in enterprise storage-as-a-service and disaster recovery - delivering customers a more cost-effective backup and archiving solution from vendors they can trust."

Iron Mountain Digital's CloudRecovery solution offers integration with Microsoft Data Protection Manager through its user interface, providing automated, reliable backup and archive of DPM-protected data online - conveniently extending the capacity of the on-site DPM server. DPM customers can select data retention policies ranging from 30 days to 7 years and DPM will then send the data automatically and securely to Iron Mountain's data centers for archiving.

http://www.ironmountain.com/cloudrecovery

•Date:15th January 2009• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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