Data Keeping Service Co. Ltd. and Iron Mountain Digital K.K. announce partnership to bring Iron Mountain Digital’s award-winning LiveVault service to market.

Tokyo (Feb. 15, 2010) –Iron Mountain Digital K.K. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Garth Ramsey;), the Japan branch of Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated, has announced it has signed a partnership agreement for server backup and recovery services with Data Keeping Services Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Shigeyoshi Nishiyama; referred to below as DKS). DKS selected to partner with Iron Mountain Digital based upon the functionality and stability of their online server backup service.  The service is expected to be launched by DKS in spring 2010.

DKS was established with capital investment from The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) and its affiliated companies in 1972. Since then, DKS has engaged in record management services such as the storage of documents and backup tapes. Upon considering the current environment which requires strengthened support for Business Continuity Planning (BCP). DKS decided to adopt the use of Iron Mountain Digital’s server backup service “LiveVault”. DKS will be offering a server backup service based upon LiveVault as part of a comprehensive BCP solution to customers at their over 1,500 corporate customers, across a variety of vertical industries. DKS have also partnered with DATA solfis, which is a subsidiary of NTT-Data Corporation, (Headquarters: Chiba-shi,Chiba; President: Kenzou Kobayashi;) to provide infrastructure management services. 

DKS’s president Mr. Nishiyama issued the following statement: ”DKS has provided a variety of solutions for 38 years, to make our customers manage their important records, as a pioneer of the industry of records management in Japan. This time, we decide to launch the new backup and recovery service through the internet. In this situation, it is our best choice to have the partnership with Iron Mountain which has had great results in this solution all over the world. Based on our research, the needs for the management of digital data will increase, and from this point of view, we have a confidence that this new solution with our partnership will provide various merits for our customers."

Iron Mountain Digital K.K.’s Representative Director issued the following statement: “We are very pleased that DKS has chosen to adopt our company’s services,” said Garth Ramsey, Managing Director of Iron Mountain Digital K.K. “The selection of the LiveVault solution by DKS further validates that our cloud storage services are highly regarded throughout the world. As a world leader in information management services, we have the resources and technical experience to support DKS and their customer base.  Furthermore, this partnership is strategic to our ongoing presence and investment in the Japanese market.”


About DKS

Data Keeping Services Co., Ltd. (DKS) is a pioneer in the storage of documentation and data. Since its founding in 1972, DKS has provided comprehensive services through a record management business based on the storage and management of information recording mediums. For further details, refer to the DKS homepage at http://www.dks.co.jp/ (Japanese).

Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated, offers a comprehensive suite of data protection, archiving and intellectual property management solutions to thousands of companies around the world, directly and through a worldwide network of channel partners. Incorporated in 2007, Iron Mountain Digital K.K. is the Japanese subsidiary of Iron Mountain Digital. Iron Mountain Digital is based in Southborough, Mass. with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and an established KK in Japan. For more information, please visit the company web site at http://www.ironmountain.jp