This IDC Buyer Case Study looks at the use of cloud-based backup solutions by Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages high-end hotels and resorts. The company's main goal in searching for an alternative to its existing cloud-based services solution and supplier was to achieve lower costs and protect the firm from potential loss of corporate data for its mobile workforce. Read on to learn about this transition, and get an inside look at Iron Mountain’s cloud backup and recovery which is less risky and expensive than other solutions such as file share, and is available as a licensed, online cloud service or hybrid solution.