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Thought leaders in the industry have discovered the benefits of Optim Solutions.

Learn what the experts from Gartner, Forrester, IDC and other leading analyst firms are saying about enterprise data management issues.
 


Integrated Data Management: Finding the Business Value Webcast, by Merv Adrian, Senior Vice President, Forrester Research.

To strengthen competitive advantage, companies must have a solid data management strategy in place. Using IBM's IDM software initiative, companies can manage data seamlessly across each phase of the lifecycle, from requirement to retirement, to align with their business goals. Listen to this webcast to hear more about the benefits that Integrated Data Management brings to IT organizations.

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Managing Data Growth on System Z, by Philip Howard, Bloor Research

IBM Optim provides facilities that ensure that the data won’t break and it offers a variety of mechanisms for accessing the data. In this paper, we will discuss breakage and access in more detail, and then briefly consider how IBM Optim works, particularly with respect to System z, though Optim’s capabilities are also generally applicable to distributed systems.

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Fragmented Management Across the Data Lifecycle Increases Cost and Risk, by Forrester Consulting as a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of IBM

With today's complex IT environments, companies must look to strengthen competitive advantage to stay ahead. Having a solid data management strategy can help.

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Abysmal: The State of Data Retention, by Barry Murphy, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

With the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC17a, Basel II and other laws that focus on data retention and accountability, companies across industries are at a higher risk for audits and potential lawsuits. In addition, recent updates to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have placed an increased burden on IT organizations to produce data as part of a civil or criminal “e-discovery” request.

Barry Murphy, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, is a featured speaker and a leading expert on all things retention: records management, content archiving and electronic discovery. Learn more about the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure guidelines for e-discovery, as well as the challenges of data retention compliance to support e-discovery requirements.


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Tradeoffs and Tactics for Test Environments, by Carey Schwaber, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research

Creating test environments can be a challenge. An ideal test environment should be “production-like” in scale and complexity. But, this costly task does not have to break the bank. Making simple improvements to creating and managing your development processes can save you time and money.

Our featured speaker is Carey Schwaber, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research. Carey’s work at Forrester focuses on application development processes, practices and tools. She is recognized for her thought leadership in the areas of application development process and methodologies, application life-cycle management, testing, quality assurance and agile processes.


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IBM Optim and Data De-Identification, by Nigel Stanley, Practice Leader, Bloor Research

For many, IT security has been a long journey that is starting to come to an end as perimeters (at least those that exist) are secured, data is encrypted, viruses killed and leaks plugged using the latest vendor offerings. Unfortunately the journey is far from over, as those that undertake systems implementation and development are finding out. The issue? Data de-identification.

Learn about our perspective on data privacy in test environments.


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Data Governance in the Software Lifecycle. Assuring the security of sensitive information, by Martin Atherton, Jon Collins and Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

“Many organisations have been driving improvements in information management to gain better control over their information assets. While things in this area are not perfect, awareness of the challenges is now high and action is being taken to enhance capability in the areas of compliance, discovery and, not least, data security.”

Learn about our perspective on data privacy compliance as part of a governance strategy.


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Database Archiving Remains an Important Part of Enterprise DBMS Strategy, by Noel Yuhanna, Forrester

With growing data volume, increasing threats to data security, and ongoing application performance issues, many enterprises today are dealing with tough database management challenges. Some enterprises are literally throwing away less-used data to reduce data growth, minimize complexity, and lower cost, while others are archiving data for long-term retention mainly to satisfy regulatory compliance requirements.

Learn about our perspective on planning a successful archiving project


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