Information Lifecycle Management
Information lifecycle management (ILM) is a process for managing information through its lifecycle, from conception until disposal, in a manner that optimizes storage and access at the lowest cost. The most efficient ILM strategy for a business manages information according to its value. For small and medium-sized enterprises, predicting storage needs and controlling costs can be especially challenging as the business grows.
Our experts can help you plan and implement this process to ensure you have easy access to archived information and have data prioritised for retrieval.
Over time, databases, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems, can start to fill with older information that is used infrequently. Some of this information might be retained only for reference purposes.
This information can needlessly increase demands on high–performance disk systems, slow application performance, and increase the time required to back up databases and upgrade applications.
Application and database archive solutions are designed to identify database data that are no longer being accessed regularly and move the data to an archive, where it remains available if needed. Because applications can span multiple database systems and even multiple platforms, select application and database archive solutions can recognize related data from multiples. Storage management costs are a top concern for businesses.
One way to save is to move less-frequently-accessed or less-critical data to lower-cost devices. Data lifecycle management solutions provide a way to identify such data and position it within a tiered-storage infrastructure system and archive it together.
Working with our partners we can deliver content management solutions can help you achieve these benefits:
- Capture and manage a range of information formats, including documents, e-mail, instant messages, Web content and multimedia assets.
- Store, archive, search for, retrieve and deliver information to people across your organization using a wide variety of access points, including portals, Web browsers, mobile devices and application clients.
- Facilitate collaboration for enhanced productivity and workflow across your business processes.
- Manage your information assets throughout their lifecycle so you can readily retain the information your organization needs and dispose of the information it doesn't, in accordance with company policies.