When you don't know what your data is, you're forced to treat all data equally, which is not only inefficient and expensive, but inherently risky. Information governance can significantly reduce the cost of maintaining information, no matter how much it grows or diversifies. Learn the five practical benefits of information governance before your data gets any bigger.

Storing information indefinitely is a fundamentally bad idea with adverse consequences. Knowing when to retire information can play a huge role in lowering costs and improving performance. The key is having a holistic strategy for information governance–managing, retaining and disposing of information when it is no longer needed.

Traditional software deduplication solutions can dramatically impact application performance, which limits their use in enterprise environments. HP Data Protector, powered by the lightweight and efficient HP StoreOnce engine, delivers enterprise-class software deduplication and lays a foundation for the Deduplication 2.0 revolution.

By Noel Rath, WW Product Marketing Manager for HP TRIM software

Nuclear power is not a problem if you have control systems in place. Big data and the information explosion is not a problem... if you have control systems in place.

By June Manley

June Manley is the worldwide product marketing director responsible for HP’s  Information Management (IM) portfolio of software and services that help organizations manage their information governance needs.

Trends such as context-aware computing, pattern-based strategy and information sharing ecosystems are helping to monetize the value of Big Data and social media.

In order to fulfill the different needs for the various Microsoft SharePoint farm setups HP is providing two backup and restore solutions to protect you SharePoint 2010 data. These solutions are:

• Data Protector SharePoint VSS based solution and;
• Data Protector SharePoint 2007/2010 Integration

Disaster recovery has been all over the IT trade press headlines.   Twitter recently experienced weeks of service disruptions while upgrading its services, resulting in negative press and damage to its reputation.  In February 2011, some Gmail users discovered their inboxes were empty after a storage bug deleted all stored copies of their mail, except those that Google backed-up offline using tape drives.

Downtime doesn’t only affect the IT people who fix the server and recover lost information; it causes a domino effect that hits everyone who accesses data on the server, ranging from employees to partners to customers.

Over 40% enterprises need to retire their applications- are you one of them?

"After many years of using HP Data Protector in our environment, I can say that the technology was the right choice for us. It is reliable, flexible, and enables us to meet our critical business requirements for ongoing backups of our SAP and Oracle production systems."

Suzanne Shuler, Infrastructure Services and UNIX Supervisor, CPS Energy

Rapid data growth and increasing reliance on virtualization call for advanced data backup and restore solutions. Two new success stories showcase the impressive results customers have achieved using HP Data Protector. Take a look.

These two new case studies show how HP can help you if you are in the media, communications and entertainment industry.  Paul McCartney selected HP to help him build, organize and secure a state-of-the-art digital library to house his enormous collection.  Sky Broadcasting is using HP Software products tohelp it better serve it scustomers.

Like all sea changes, the path to better information management is disruptive. The sooner you accept that the transformation will be difficult—albeit with huge rewards—the better off you will be. Transforming your internal information management approach requires two changes in the way you think about information in your organization.

• First, you must approach information as a cross-functional competency critical to the entire organization, and not the sole domain of IT.
• Second, you need to have a comprehensive, tops-down information management strategy.

Companies that embrace this modernized information ideology will become what Gartner calls “information-smart” businesses, cutting new trails for how to invest in and organize the information management practice.

Are you interested in learning from your peers and getting expert advice from industry analysts and thought leaders?

On June 6, HP Software is launching a new community, Discover Performance, developed for IT executives with content specifically designed for IT professionals interested in information management. Members will get the following benefits:

• Ability to share best practices and lessons learned
• Exclusive access to expert advice and opinions from analysts, thought leaders and peers
• Inflexion, a bi-monthly online publication
• Invitations to exclusive webinars and local events.

In fact, the inaugural edition of Inflexion has a special article outlining the new rules for information management success.Join the community and receive the first edition of Inflexion.

by June Manley

With the huge current shift in IT from managing infrastructure to managing information, IT is returning, in a sense, to its original core mission.  Over the years the focus has slowly shifted from Information Management to Infrastructure Management; and the loss of focus on information was masked by the tight relationship that had existed in the beginning between information and infrastructure. Times have changed...

The recent SAP Sapphire conference got me to thinking... What can we do to help SAP customers with their records management requirements.

An Aussie, a Records Manager, a SharePoint Administrator and a Priest walk into a Conference Room in Vegas.

HP Discover is coming, and I will be presenting on the subject of SharePoint and HP TRIM. Read on for a teaser of the session and make sure you register now! See you there.

Vegas baby yeah! BTW, the Priest didn't buy a ticket to Discover.

If you are looking for real answers to help transform your IT, with sessions on information management, cloud computing, business intelligence and more, consider attending HP Discover Americas.   Watch this video to see what you can expect.

To deploy private, public and hybrid cloud environments, your organization needs the ability to manage the performance of your storage services to meet demanding service-level agreements. These needs underscore the requirement for path-aware performance management.

In today’s virtualized data centers, deployment of applications and their associated operating systems within virtual machines often leads to inefficient use of storage systems and other physical resources. So how can you make better use of your resources? Advanced backup reporting capabilities.

Many organizations trust their data to the HP Integrated Archive Platform (IAP), a comprehensive information archiving solution. Now the capabilities of this robust archiving solution are available in a virtual environment that is idea for midsize organizations with limited data center and server resources.

Data growth, new compliance requirements and new technologies are straining today’s backup environments. To respond to these challenges, your organization needs backup software with new flexibility and multiple recovery options. That’s the new HP Data Protector software.

An inability to produce critical records can lead to extreme consequences for large organizations. So what does it take to avoid such consequences? Good records management.

 How do companies today manage the explosive growth of information?  Who has responsibility for information optimization and information management in organization’s today?  How do you automate your information management systems?  Should you have a comprehensive, holistic information management strategy? 

 Believe it or not, for a large number of organizations, finding the right information at the right time to meet regulatory challenges, answer a lawsuit or make better business decisions can be a hit-or-miss proposition.  Most organizations lack a complete view of how they capture, monitor, protect, retain, find and implement information.

Because information is the lifeblood of your business, you need to manage it holistically.  Every organization should have a comprehensive information management strategy that supports its overall business strategy.  Unfortunately that isn’t always the case.  According to a March survey conducted by Coleman Parkes for HP, 70 percent of organizations lack an efficient, comprehensive, integrated and information-policy driven approach to IM.

The information explosion has affected nearly every organization on the planet.  Companies are looking for ways to simplify and improve how they manage the burdens of ever-growing data.  I recently sat down with June Manley, worldwide product marketing director responsible for our Information Management (IM) portfolio of software and services that help organizations manage their information governance needs.  In this interview, June discusses the trends and challenges around Information Management for today’s IT executives.

From runaway data growth to tough new compliance laws, information management is fraught with challenges. So what does it take to manage these challenges? The first step is to put the right information optimization strategy in place.

With sweeping legislation and changing healthcare, it’s no secret that integrated, advanced technology is having a major impact on healthcare and life science organizations around the world.  Read about two organizations that are using HP TRIM to manage their records, retain records effectively, meet regulatory requirements, improve access to business information, and increase day to day productivity.

In case you didn't see it, HP announced a $100M deal with Coca-Cola that included HP Data Protector software. Check out the press release.

The latest in information management takes center stage at HP DISCOVER Americas.  The multiday event – which combines HP Technology Forum and HP Software Universe Americas into a single event – takes place at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas during the week of June 6, 2011. This event gives you the opportunity to hear from industry thought leaders, attend interactive sessions and network with peers and HP executives.  

We'd like to know more about your backup and recovery and information management challenges!