Article: Vet the ILM vendors; These leading players offer many of the hardware and software components you'll need for ILM.(information lifecycle management)

Byline: Mike Karp

Is any ILM vendor likely to offer one-stop shopping capable of meeting all your needs?

The short answer is an emphatic no. Unfortunately, investing in ILM is not as easy as buying a pastrami sandwich at the corner

deli where all the works are behind the same glass case.

It's likely that each vendorayou speak with will have a different approach to ILM and that no one vendor will address the

gamut of considerations and solution components you require.

Your solution will likely encompass components from multiple vendors and from your own legacy systems. Especially when it

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