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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.

IBM's experience with the broad range of ILM technologies, its relationships with leading ISVs, and its broad portfolio of offerings and solutions — including offerings in IBM System Storage disk and tape systems, IBM System Storage software, and IBM DB2® content management software — can help your business select the best solutions to manage your information throughout its lifecycle.

To learn more about how IBM can help you implement information lifecycle management in your environment, call your IBM representative.

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Featured ILM solution areas
Information Lifecycle Management: Application and database archive solutions Application and database archive solutions
Improving performance for online databases, reducing backup times and improving application upgrade times
Information Lifecycle Management: Data lifecycle management solutions   Data lifecycle management solutions
Matching data throughout its life to tiers of storage based on external factors such as name, age, and size.
Information Lifecycle Management: E-mail archive solutions   E-mail archive solutions
Reducing storage costs, improving performance, and addressing retention requirements for e-mail systems
Information Lifecycle Management: Enterprise content management solutions   Enterprise content management solutions
Managing and delivering many types of critical business information on demand from an integrated common repository

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Building on its leadership in archiving and retention, IBM announced enhancements to the IBM System Storage DR550 and IBM System Storage DR550 Express. The new DR550 File System Gateway provides broader application coverage, and tape encryption support and data shredding further protect critical business information from threats. IBM System Storage DR550 and DR550 Express designed to provide secure, scalable, and cost-effective information retention solutions designed for small, medium, and large enterprises

Furthering its lead in grid computing and storage archiving offerings, IBM announced the IBM System Storage Multilevel Grid Access Manager software designed to enable single or multi-site customers with fixed content/reference data storage requirements to optimize storage consumption and investment across sites via an enterprise-wide, fault-tolerant storage grid with real time failover capabilities

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