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Information Lifecycle Management Vision

Overview Information lifecycle management (ILM) is a sustainable storage strategy that balances the cost of storing and managing information with its business value. Information lifecycle management has been widely discussed without the formalization of a clear and compelling vision. This paper describes the StorageTek vision for information lifecycle management, defines the keys to attaining it and provides some insight into how current decisions will facilitate or inhibit attainment of the vision.

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Publisher	Storage Technology	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2005	Downloads	73
Format	White Papers
Topics	Service Level Management, Infrastructure Management

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Kirk to Enterprise: "None of this sh*t works for me!"

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Channel:
Operating Systems

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Storage meets business

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Speaking at the Information Builders Summit user conference in Las Vegas, Hostmann said companies need to build a BI 'competency centre' to cut cost and get the best insight from their data. The competency centre defines the BI vision for the...

Sun scoops up StorageTek for $4.1bn

Sun Microsystems, looking to add market clout, is acquiring storage specialist StorageTek in a deal worth $4.1bn, the companies said on Thursday. Sun will pay $37 per share for each share of StorageTek, an 18 per cent premium on the stock based on...

Channel:
Applications
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storagetek,
sun

CIO Jury: Data overload drowning businesses

In many cases there are regulatory and legal obligations for retaining and storing this information but silicon.com's CIO Jury IT user panel said the volume of data is threatening to overwhelm many businesses.

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CIO Jury
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cio jury

BI for all

Organisations are capturing and storing data from a multitude of sources such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems - and are also seeing a proliferation in unstructured formats such as text...

Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?

In this webcast, our panel of experts will review where we are with next generation telecoms in the UK, working through the concept of 'Telecoms 2.0': - Realising the potential of Next Generation Networks - why it isn't just about the technology? - What attributes should firms be looking for in their telco partner? - Is the relationship between telco provider and customer changing? - What things need to happen to make next generation services a reality? - You say you want the supplier to change. Do you want to change too? - What is Telecoms 2.0?

Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily, regardless of what applications created the data, what platform they're running on, or what database they're stored in.

Publisher:
IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on methodologies. It also looks at the potential cost savings associated with server consolidation and offers information on how organizations can sustain the advantage they have gained by consolidating their servers.

Publisher:
IBM

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