Iron Mountain is a component of the S&P 500 and the Russell 3000 Indices. The company is also listed as part of the FTSE4Good Index. The business is global operations with more than 1,030 locations around the world. It is a publicly traded company with stocks on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IRM. Iron Mountain offers information destruction, data backup and recovery services and records management. With these offered services, companies are able to protect the integrity of their data and systems. The company’s clients are coming from 36 different countries. These businesses include 94% of the Fortune 1000 companies and vary in sizes.
The storage services offered by Iron Mountain are not just limited to virtual data as the company also offers storage for some of the world’s most valuable historical artifacts. They also help protect and keep medical records, business documents and even cultural treasures. They have more than 1,000 facilities and about 3,600 vehicles that help in moving important documents and valuable properties. The operations of the company are backed by more than 17,000 professionals, who are considered as experts when it comes to safekeeping.
The birth of the company started from the idea of Herman Knaust. He saw an opportunity in the 1950s to come up with a business that would help protect corporate information from any forms of disasters or nuclear attack. From this concept, he was able to create a multi-billion dollar venture that generates more than $3.0 billion annually. Today, his founded company is known as a world leader for data management solutions, information destruction and records management.