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Iron Mountain - Historical Milestones
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HISTORICAL MILESTONES

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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 at the vanguard of this evolving industry.

 
1951 Iron Mountain Atomic Storage Corporation is established by Herman Knaust
1975 Iron Mountain, the present company, purchases the underground mine and the nearby, larger underground site from Knaust
1978 Iron Mountain purchases nearby above-ground 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 Iron Mountain 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 Iron Mountain becomes 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 Iron Mountain becomes 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 Iron Mountain 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 Iron Mountain 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 (later renamed Information Destruction)
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 Iron Mountain named "Company of the Year" by the Boston Business Journal
2003 Iron Mountain debuts on the Fortune 1000 list at #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
2004 Iron Mountain moves up 30 spots to #857 on the Fortune 1000 list
  Expands its Intellectual Property Management services by acquiring domain name management firm Arcemus®
  Expands Information Destruction services in Canada through the acquisition of Ontario-based franchiser Proshred Security International Inc.
  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
  PC Magazine awards 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 Iron Mountain moves up 28 spots to #783 on the 2005 Fortune 1000 list
  Iron Mountain expands Government Services Organization; 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 wins the Best Storage Software Solution category for the 21st Annual CODiE Awards
  Boston Leader Summit honors Richard Reese with 2006 Visionary Leadership award
2007 Iron Mountain receives the KMWorld 2007 Readers' Choice Award in "Records Management, Regulatory Compliance."
  Debuts in Forbes magazine's "Top 400 Best Big Companies"; ranked 6th in Business Services and Supplies Industry.
  Extends records management portfolio with acquisition of Accutrac Software, Inc.
  Acquires Stratify, Inc., augmenting its suite of eDiscovery services.