White Papers

Our white papers provide in-depth information about why organizations with growing amounts of transactional data should consider Information Lifecycle Management best practices as well as techniques and tools that can help implement the right solution.

Retirement Archive Whitepaper

A Practical Guide for Retiring Legacy Applications

As businesses grow, Information Technology (IT) departments are continuously challenged to look for new applications that address unmet business needs, drive efficiencies and reduce costs. As an organization adapts to change and leverages the latest technology to deliver more value to customers, the corresponding change is reflected in the application portfolio.  It is not uncommon for companies that have been in business for a decade to have hundreds of legacy applications that deliver marginal value to the business but yet represent a significant operational and maintenance cost.

This white paper addresses best practices and methodologies to review application portfolios at regular intervals and determine whether an application should be retired, replaced, modernized or left as is.

Ensuring Data Privacy with Intelligent Database Management

A Review of Applimation’s Informia Subset and Secure Solutions

By Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst and Mark Bowker, Analyst Enterprise Strategy Group

Database security, regardless of where an organization conducts its business, has become a primary concern for organizations. Databases often contain invaluable company assets such as private information, personal data and intellectual property.  Today, stronger security measures have taken place to prevent unauthorized access to information form external threats, however a significant security risk still exists during test and development processes.

This white paper illustrates how Applimation’s Subset and Secure products help manage the size and security of the production database to mitigate risks associated during the application development and testing process.

Archiving Best Practices

9 Steps to Successful Information Lifecycle Management

Organizations looking for ways to manage their data more effectively are increasingly considering Information Lifecycle management as a way to better align the business value of data with the most appropriate and cost-effective IT infrastructure. This white paper describes why archiving provides a highly effective ILM solution and best practices for implementing an archiving solution so you can most effectively manage data throughout its lifecycle.