InfoSphere Optim Archive

Align data growth management principles with your business objectives to reduce costs, improve performance, and minimize risk

Manage the volume, velocity and complexity of data growth at the source, by applying best-practice archiving capabilities for structured data

• Manage growth of application data and data warehouses – including IBM Netezza – at the business object level, like payments, service orders or shipments

• Define business rules and criteria to segregate and safely archive historical data, either directly or by leveraging integrations with InfoSphere Business Glossary.

• Apply cost-effective tiered/multi-temperature-storage strategies and maintain archived business records in an historical reference snapshot format

• Manage the data lifecycle for retention, disposal & e-discovery consistently across the enterprise

• Streamline upgrade projects and safely retire obsolete, redundant or de-supported applications

• Increase predictability and ensure success of data growth projects with InfoSphere Blueprint Director

• Apply a single, scalable solution across applications (Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel CRM, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, AmdocsCRM), databases (DB2, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, XML) and platforms (Windows, Unix/Linux, z/OS)

Product line overview

• Control application data growth before it controls your business
• Streamline Enterprise Application Upgrades with Integrated Data Management
• Gartner - Selection criteria for database archiving products

• Supporting an enterprise-wide data archive and retention strategy
• IDC Best Practices in Database Archiving and Information Lifecycle
• InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution Redbook
• Gartner - Market Trends: World Database Archiving Market Continues Rapid Growth, 2011
• Forrester Analyst Report: Your Enterprise Data Archiving Strategy
• Solid Vendor Solutions Bolster Database Archiving Market
• Solution Brief