Oracle rolls out free information lifecycle management software

For IT professionals, it significantly eases the problems of designing and implementing a strategy to manage the lifecycle of information through, for example, simulated table partitioning, storage cost modelling and reports on security and compliance. A recent study of members of the Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG) found 92% expecting their database storage needs to increase this year – and 64% of them said they will have to increase spending on storage to deal with that. However, by implementing an ILM strategy, users can benefit from reduced storage costs by minimising data on high cost storage devices. Oracle ILM Assistant harnesses the partitioning capabilities of Oracle Database 10g, and enables users to define lifecycles – when it is time to move or purge data – enabling them to retained data at the lowest overall cost in line with the business needs. “Effective ILM is one of the key challenges organisations face today,” says Andy Mendelsohn, senior vice president of Database Server Technologies, Oracle. “Oracle ILM Assistant is the first tool of its kind that gives customers practical ILM capabilities using their Oracle Database. Customers can easily and efficiently manage their information lifecycles and may reduce their related storage costs with Oracle ILM Assistant and Oracle Partitioning.”