Organisations must manage and store data effectively. The upside is that information lifecycle management (ILM) and data lifecycle management (DLM) makes good business sense.
In fact, that’s why it existed in the first place. ILM/DLM is a prerequisite for good corporate governance, but is also an integral part of good business conduct. It protects reputations and manages risk, as well as promoting a safe, secured transaction environment.
More powerful and more reliable hardware is allowing new lifecycle management strategies to be defined that lower costs and improve the sustainability of IT. A new frugality or “anti-waste” orientation is the foundation of both sustainability and better ROI.
Asset management is the means to a frugal end by ensuring that assets are fully utilized throughout their lifecycles, and retired according to plan. Security and accountability will become more important with the anticipated advent of tougher laws and a more demanding business climate. Governance will be a critical capability of IT operations. Metrics and discipline will matter.
Where availability was once the strategic focus of IT, accountability will be the critical test in the future.
DEC have a philosophy and history of working with clients through multiple IT lifecycle management phases and have expert knowledge of the many pitfalls awaiting customers who are looking to upgrade, migrate, virtualise or completely reinvigorate their IT department.