Customers, channel partners, value-added resellers, and system-support engineers.

• Understand basic computing infrastructure and storage concepts
• Describe information life-cycle management at a high level
• Describe basic compliance concepts

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe compliance as it relates to information life-cycle management
• Describe ILM-compliance solutions
• Begin to build a specific solution to fit your needs

Module 1 - Information Life-Cycle Management Overview

• ILM definition
• Information management versus data management
• ILM drivers
• Benefits to a strong ILM solution

Module 2 - Compliance Overview

• Regulatory drivers
• Technical requirements for compliance
• Compliance processes and procedures

Module 3 - The ILM / Compliance Connection

• Connecting the business function with IT
• Information versus data
• Understanding and valuing information
• Records retention
• Records retrieval
• Policies and processes drive technology
• ILM infrastructure

Module 4 - The Policy Layer of ILM

• Information policy: access, storage, retention, destruction
• IT governance
• Organizational
• Architectural / engineering
• Operational

Module 5 - The ILM Solution to Compliance Requirements

• Holistic view of an ILM solution
• ILM-driven CARD policies
• C2MS
• IT governance
• Tools
• Hardware

Module 6 - Industry- and Business-Specific Compliance Solutions

• Compliance is specific to your industry
• ILM policy is specific to your business
• Solutions are built to your business needs

Module 7 - Building Your ILM Solution

• Identifying business needs and requirements
• Defining operations
• Aligning with IT governance
• Identifying technical needs