Information Lifecycle Management: The EMC Perspective

Information is a strategic component of modernbusiness, and its effective management has become acritical business challenge. Electronic information hasnot only been growing in volume at unprecedentedrates, its value to business has never been greater.Around-the-clock operations, electronic commerce,corporate governance rules and legally-mandatedretention laws have all added to the pressure for betterinformation management. Information LifecycleManagement (ILM) is a business-centric strategy forproactive management of information throughout itslife, from its creation and use to its ultimate disposal.EMC's ILM initiative is enhancing our customers'information management capabilities through dataclassification, centralized management, automation,product integration, and policy-based management.Research issues related to ILM include informationclassification and optimization of policy-basedinformation management.