ILM - Information Lifecycle Management
Welcome to the ILM Resource Center This center has been developed to provide you on time information at your fingertips - when you need it. We encourage you to join the ILM Discussions located on the right side of this resource center. Abrevity tackles data classification At the ILM Summit in Irvine, CA today, Abrevity introduced its FileData Manager information classification management (ICM) product. Both FileData Manager and BioData Manager, which was introduced last month, run on top of 1Base, the foundation of Abrevity's ICM technology. BioData Manager is similar to FileData Manager, but is customized for the biosciences market...Read on Adoption of tiered storage accelerates A recent end-user survey conducted by Peripheral Concepts and Coughlin Associates, 2006 Tiered Storage Report, targeted medium-sized IT organizations with 1TB to 200TB of raw disk storage. More than 2,000 IT managers answered a screening survey, and a selected population of 130 managers answered a detailed survey. Read this article Users come to grips with tiered storage After a year of unprecedented storage growth, users are realizing that the traditional method of managing storage by adding more hardware just isn't cutting it anymore. The only way storage administrators are going to survive, they told us, is if they find ways to consolidate and make their storage work more intelligently. Read this article. ICM: Paving the Way for ILM Information classification and management (ICM) is an emerging technology that proponents say could be the bridge that carries storage users to file-level information lifecycle management (ILM) in the real world. Read on... ILM strategies for regulatory compliance Compliance, regulation, and statutory legislation have become increasing burdens for the long-term storage of data. Legislation operates in tandem with a fierce economic climate that is keeping a tight grip on budgets and is dictating that IT operates with fewer skilled resources, whilst demands for service intensify. Read this article. SPONSORED CONTENT · EMC Life Cycle Data Management - Archival and Retention: This Comprehensive report introduces the challenges surrounding the provisioning of digital assets. The report focuses on Archived Data, and the need to provide suitable record retention and retrieval. It also explores the role of Life Cycle Data Management on the optimal mix of storage resource availability, data placement, protection, and the management of these digital assets from the time they are first created until they are no longer needed by the business. · The ILM journey - An HP StorageWorks File System Extenderbusiness white paper: IT departments are under constant pressure to utilize their budgets to support business with technological initiatives that provide a clear competitive advantage. IT managers themselves are measured on strict ROI terms and, for this reason, are anxious to avoid ever-increasing expenditure on the mundane and tactical tasks, which, as fundamental as they are to the business, do not offer the potential of a true strategic differentiator.	News and information · Entitlement Reviews- A Practitioners Guide · Strategy Deep Dive: Define Your Data · Children of the Digital Revolution · 4 Things to Consider When Developing Your Archiving Strategy · Best Practices to Device Control: An In-Depth Technical Webcast ILM Discussions Do you think exploding storage management costs and compliance are driving the need for ILM? Are you looking at ILM? Take the poll and see how you compare to your peers. ILM Jobs · Physical Therapist · ESL Teacher · Expanded Duties Dental Assistant · Dental Office Receptionist · Legal Secretary · Information Technology Consultant · Maintenance Electrician · Executive Chef Useful Links For more information on the ILM Initiative within SNIA's DMF, visit www.ilm-info.org.