FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR BACKUP DIRECT CHANNEL PUSH

Strengthens partnership with Backup Direct and recruits ten new resellers in first month alone

Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), and its strategic partner, Backup Direct, have already signed an additional ten new partners in the first month of a UK channel recruitment drive.

The two companies have joined forces to create a two-tiered channel programme to sell Iron Mountain Digital's online backup portfolio to UK organisations of varying size and sector. The new partners include London Central Communications Ltd.

The value-add partners will resell services based on Iron Mountain Digital's market-leading, award-winning PC and server backup technologies - Connected® Backup/PC and LiveVault - to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.

"As an established UK market leader in records management and off-site data protection, we want to expand our digital product and service reach through the channel to make the most of the enormous opportunity in the SMB marketplace," said Nick Cater, head of Northern Europe at Iron Mountain Digital. "The partners recruited through Backup Direct's expertise are best of breed in their relevant sectors and are committed to providing their customers with the best products for their needs, as well as excellent after-sales service."

"Iron Mountain Digital's portfolio of online backup services provides corporate-class services at affordable prices for the SMB marketplace. This offers a business opportunity to the resellers whose customers rely on them for IT infrastructure and services," said Brett Raynes, managing director, Backup Direct. "We've had an extremely successful start to the channel push, which we fully expect to continue throughout the next 12 months."

About Backup Direct
Backup Direct is a leading supplier of online data backup services for UK business. Backup Direct delivers: automated data backup, secure off-site storage, archiving and guaranteed fast data recovery. Clients receive reliable and secure data protection to maximise business continuity in case of disaster. Backup Direct's combination of business focus, leading technology, operational systems, SLAs and committed support combine to ensure simple, secure and affordable data protection. Founded in 2002, Backup Direct has more than 2000 UK business clients protecting over 30 terabytes of customer data. It is a leading Tier One provider of Iron Mountain Digital Services in the UK. Visit the company's website at www.backupdirect.net or call 0800 0 789 437.

About Iron Mountain Digital
Iron Mountain Digital is the world's leading provider of data backup/recovery and archiving software and services. 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 Southborough, Mass. with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.