Records Mgmt & Archiving

... Backed up data simply is not stored, managed and maintained in a form that allows for easy, real-time access to data as archiving and ILM provide.

Archiving also implies long-term understandable and retrievable metadata.

http://chernjie.blogspot.com/2006/01/information-lifecycle-management.html

Tessella is involved in different preservation projects and initiatives:
. The development of the Pilgrim Award winning digital archive for the UK National Archive.
· The completed digital archiving Test bed study for the Dutch government.
· Developing a digital preservation system for US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in conjunction with Lockheed Martin
· The development of an electronic archive for a major pharmaceutical company

see:
http://www.tessella.co.uk/Services/Discipline/digital_preservation.htm

white paper: Archiving-Digital-Information (pdf, 53 KB)

A mid-decay review

By Lee R. Nemchek, Information Resources Manager,
Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Los Angeles, CA

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