What is information lifecycle management (ILM)?
On the one hand, information life cycle management – ILM for short — is a comprehensive approach to managing the flow of data and associated metadata from creation and initial storage to the time when it becomes obsolete and is destroyed.
On the other hand, ILM may be just the latest example of a buzzword that hasn’t quite move beyond the hype cycle.
In this podcast, I’ll explore what ILM is, why it’s relevant and why full adoption and implementation of the technology hasn’t been universal.
Once you’ve listened to the podcast, learn more about ILM in the following stories, learning resources and white papers, several of which are cited during the episode.
Articles and learning resources:
Q&A: How does file archiving differ from HSM and ILM solutions?
- Greg Schulz
The SNIA XAM Initiative
The SNIA XAM Initiative to drive adoption of its forthcoming eXtensible Access Method (XAM) specification.
Information Lifecycle Management Course List
Sun Microsystems and Deloitte have joined forces to create a series of self-paced courses that reflect best practices for Information Life Cycle Management (ILM) across the enterprise and address regulatory compliance.
Solving information life-cycle management challenges
- Claudia Shandra
Does EMC’s ILM strategy really solve complexity?
- Beth Pariseau
The new buzzwords: Information lifecycle management
- Steve Duplessie, Nancy Marrone, Steve Kenniston
White papers:
The Roadmap to Implementing ILM (PDF)
The ILMI’s paper describes their vision for the various phases of implementing ILM.
Vision for the Future of ILM
In this white paper, you’ll read about the SNIA’s Data Management Forum (DMF) perspective on the evolution of ILM.
How to Simplify Information Management through Advanced Storage Consolidation
A number of technologies and approaches are available to IT organizations looking for new and innovative ways to deal with storage capacity growth and compliance demands. This white paper provides key insights to achieve a unified storage.
Practical Steps toward Information Lifecycle Management
In this paper by the Clipper Group, you’ll get current, practical advice on how your organization can implement an ILM strategy - from discovery of your information assets - to actively managing data over its lifecycle.
Posted: August 9th, 2007 under storage, compliance, enterprise, data, buzzword, ILM, information life cycle management.
[…] Our esteemed colleague and zeitgeist-chaser extraordinaire, Alex Howard of WhatIs.com, has put together a nice post, including podcast, about that most time-honored and mysterious of storage industry questions: What is ILM? Opening a can of worms, to be sure, but Alex does a commendable job creating a definitive resource. […]
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