IBM, a company with a self-described "deep history and leadership in ILM," concedes that the term now has "a broad range of definitions." The core objective, IBM says, is to "align the value of data with business priorities" in terms of access needs, costs and retention requirements.
With its DB2 Content Manager, IBM aims to provide a single repository for all manageable content. The vendor advocates an object-oriented framework to tie all applications, including IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Hierarchical Storage Management, into the OO repository.
IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager has predictable capabilities for classifying data by file name and date last accessed, for example. However, the product lacks an access-frequency counting or data-naming function as such.
The company offers a data-retention solution for regulatory compliance, priced at $141,600 for 3.5 TB.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
