IBM’s Information Archive Addressing Long Term Information Retention Requirements

This Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) White Paper addresses the challenges organizations face with the process of retaining information, more commonly referred to as archiving. A short-term perspective on information archiving can easily create unnecessary expenses and operational inefficiencies. But, IBM’s Smart Archive strategy, bolstered by a series of hardware, software, and services offerings, is designed to help customers transition from short-term archiving decisions and their associated risks to a longer-term, simpler approach to information retention.