Application Retirement: IBM Optim Solutions

Budget-savvy CIO’s are constantly looking for ways to improve bottom line results. Periodically reviewing your application portfolio can help you identify underperforming or redundant systems where maintenance outweighs business value and formulate application retirement plans.

By decommissioning these systems and applications, companies can optimize their portfolios, reducing cost and risk. Decommissioning is the practice of removing a system, application, database or platform from service, while retaining access to your business-critical data.

IBM® Optim™ makes application retirement easier and safer by providing the capability to archive data in its original business context, preserving each archived business object as an audit-ready “snapshot in time.” Optim provides specific archive and retrieval capabilities that address data retention compliance needs, allowing organizations to effectively implement their decommissioning projects.