ABSTRACT: “Information Lifecycle Management 2.0: The Next Phase” Now six years old as a datacenter practice, ILM is coming into its own as a service-management style practice. This paper on ILM2.0 redefines and elevates Information Lifecycle Management as a strategic component of enterprise information management. To help organizations get started implementing ILM, the paper also provides a comprehensive implementation methodology and roadmap. This vision of the evolution of ILM-based practices derives from the authors many years of work with customers and the Storage Networking Industry Association’s Data Management Forum. All authors have contributed significantly to the definition and establishment of ILM as an information-management and service management practice methodology over the past seven years. Principal Authors: Michael Peterson - President of Strategic Research Corporation and TechNexxus, LLC. also Chief Strategy Advocate for the SNIA. Bob Rogers - CTO, Application Matrix and prior C0-Chair of the ILM Initiative within SNIA Supporting Authors: Paul Field - Data Management Forum Board Member and Independent Consultant. prior C0-Chair of the ILM Initiative within SNIA Terry Yoshii - Storage Architect, Intel and Project Lead for ILM, also serving as Co-Chair of the SNIA’s Enduser Council. |


One of the most important skills required in implementing ILM2.0 is organizational development. Bringing a team of people together and training them to collaborate in setting requirements is very rewarding.