The basic principles for managing an archiving project presented in this paper can help you initiate and plan an archiving strategy that meets your organization’s requirements.
Enterprise Data Management SolutionsFebruary 2008
IBM Information Management software
Anatomy of a PeopleSoft Enterprise
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Executive summaryContents Business-critical ERP applications, such as PeopleSoft® Enterprise, represent an ongoing corporate investment. These applications empower new business initiatives, support daily operations and drive revenue generation. They also collect and 2 Executive summary accumulate a wealth of business information - a valuable asset that must be managed 3 What is enterprise data and preserved throughout its lifecycle. management?4 Why archive? Companies worldwide are affirming the value of database archiving as a best practice 5 Managing your PeopleSoft archiving for managing data growth, completing faster application upgrades and supporting project data retention compliance initiatives. In fact, enterprise data management that 5 Seven basic principles for archiving includes database archiving as a best practice can deliver business value and a PeopleSoft data greater return on investment from your mission-critical business applications. 21 Archiving: the time to begin is now So, what are the basics of an archiving project? What are the benefits? What factors should sites consider to successfully implement a full-lifecycle data management strategy? As with any major project, up-front planning drives success.
This white paper explains how the seven basic principles for managing enterprise application data can help your organization:
. Establish effective policies for full-lifecycle enterprise data management to control data growth and lower storage costs.
. Meet service level goals to achieve the timely completion of key business processes for mission-critical applications.
. Support data retention compliance initiatives and mitigate risk for audits and e-discovery requests.
. Implement scalable archiving strategies that easily adapt to your ongoing business requirements.Anatomy of a PeopleSoft Enterprise archiving projectPage 3
The IBM® OptimT Data Growth Solution for PeopleSoft® Enterprise is a consistent, scalable solution that includes comprehensive capabilities for managing enterprise application data across applications, databases, operating systems and hardware platforms. Learn how you can align the management of your enterprise application data with your business objectives to improve application service levels, lower costs and mitigate risk.
What is enterprise data management?Your enterprise applications simply must deliver measurable business value. So how can you capitalize on your investment? The answer rests in your ability to align continuous control of your application data with your business objectives through the power of enterprise data management.
More PeopleSoft sites are realizing the benefits of a full-lifecycle enterprise data management strategy that includes database archiving to derive more business value and provide more options for:
. M anaging continued application data growth and its impact on service levels, operational costs and risks, as well as storage requirements.
. Aligning application performance and service levels to meet operational and business objectives, for example, timely financial reporting and payroll processing.
. Supporting data retention compliance requirements and effective storage strategies that keep historical transaction records accessible.
. Improving the management of application upgrades to eliminate costly downtime.Anatomy of a PeopleSoft Enterprise archiving projectPage 4
Why archive?According to a 2006 study conducted by the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), database archiving has helped companies mitigate the harmful impact of rapid 1data growth. Archiving strategies, whether applied to ERP, CRM, custom or legacy applications, are shown to distribute benefits to both the IT organization and the lines of business. Clearly, archiving has "crossed the chasm" to become an operational best practice.
The research also reveals that enterprises are scaling the deployment of archiving to address issues beyond data growth. For example, companies are applying archiving strategies to facilitate the application upgrade process. Archiving historical application data prior to an upgrade reduces the amount of data to convert... [download for more]
