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For example, mandated or mandated” data. Eventually, considering have any
regulatory retention every data object, regardless of additional benefits upstream or
requirements of an e-mail form, will become a persistent, downstream beyond the
YSIS
record are fairly easy to non-changing asset that will be immediate problem I am trying
understand: “you must keep infrequently accessed. Data in to solve? If so, what are they?
ANAL
each record on immutable this stage, which represents Recognizing incremental
storage for 7 years.” We the overwhelming majority of benefits can help you to further
understand exactly what we corporate data being managed, justify your decision or to put
must do to comply with the has radically different attribute new light on alternative
mandate. Where it gets less requirements from when it was offerings.
obvious is when we need to active and dynamic. Generally,
determine the most effective it is safe to say that whether Does the solution I am
and economical means of considered as data within an considering have any
GEMENT
complying. The easiest means archive or simply data in a multiplying effects when
is to apply the “rule” to the lower “tier” of infrastructure, implemented? If I am solving
data, put it somewhere, and once it stops changing and one problem, in what other
MANA
never move it so you can being heavily accessed, we can areas am I able to gain
always find it if and when you apply the same efficiency logic leverage? If I solve a backup
need to. That is often at odds to it. By deduplicating this problem by leveraging
with gaining efficiency and data, we can more easily and deduplication technology, am I
optimization. efficiently protect, access, also driving other benefits such
secure, and store it without as remote office consolidation
However, e-mail is a requiring many of the or security?
representation of data and superhuman efforts our IT staff
during its early life, it may is currently forced to provide. Am I solving an immediate
require high performance or Imagine the overall business problem only to create yet
availability that it simply will efficiency gains (and value) if another problem for myself?
not require after a certain 90% of all of the problems and Even if that is what you are
period of time. When it issues associated with IT forced to do, knowing can be
becomes a fixed (persistent) inefficiencies went away helpful. Does the solution I am
data object that will never because we were able to considering position us to
change, it will only be accessed address those issues at the achieve our long-term growth
in the event of a recovery or source? strategies? Or does it simply
discovery operation. band-aid a problem without
Efficiency improvements delivering leverage?
As such, it makes more sense implemented closer to the
to gain economical advantages point of data origination—in Am I using technology as an
by housing that e-mail on the the business processes and enabler to the upstream drivers
most cost effective applications themselves— and the downstream
infrastructure platform provide the greatest potential infrastructure? Have I changed
attainable—which most likely value throughout the data the processes around the
is NOT the originating platform. lifecycle. Content management technology? By fully
Just because retention and systems can be leveraged more considering all of the positive
immutability are mandated, it efficiently to enforce and and negative potential issues
does not mean that object is automate policies based on created or helped by a single
relegated to inefficient the data objects themselves, decision, you will find yourself
treatment forever. enabling efficiency more prepared to handle the
optimization at the object issues of today—and those
The same benefits are itself—often automatically. that will arise tomorrow.
realized—and magnified—as
we apply this logic to “non- Does the solution I am www.enterprisestrategygroup.com
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