Be one of the first to leverage DMF’s
2-Year effort on the new “Terminology Bridge”

The SNIA Data Management Forum is pleased to announce that a new report titled “Building a Terminology Bridge:  Guidelines to Digital Information Retention and Preservation Practices in the Datacenter”.The release of this report concludes 2 years of work started by the DMF’s Long-Term Archive and Compliant Storage Initiative (LTACSI) in collaboration with the DMF ILM Initiative (ILMI).

Terminology used in the datacenter can be very confusing. IT professionals, records administrators, security, legal, and compliance officers, along with the business groups, all have their own vernacular and they all hold a portion of the responsibility for maintaining corporate information assets. Communicating effectively with one another, in order to establish appropriate policies and procedures related to the retention and preservation of digital information, is the challenge.



An associated whitepaper titled "The Need for a Terminology Bridge" explains how collaborative communication can help you make the right decisions for your organization. Click here to access whitepaper.

Now it is time to put this report to use!

• As a member of the DMF – your organization is one of the first to have access to this report. We encourage you to post it on your website, offer it to your training departments, integrate it into your marketing programs, distribute it to your channel and share it with your customers.
  
• If your organization has a datacenter and owns the responsibility of managing information assets and dealing with the risks of litigation, eDiscovery, compliance, and long-term preservation of digital assets – this report is for you!

Terminology in the datacenter can be very confusing. At least 20 different dictionaries exist and are available on the internet. In addition, IT, records management, security, legal, compliance, and the business groups all have their own vernacular. We are also making available an associated document explaining the objectives of the full report - click here to learn more.

Questions?  Feel free to contact:

• Bob Rogers, Chair, DMF ILMI
• Gary Zasman, Chair, DMF LTACSI
• Michael Peterson, DMF, Chief Strategy Advocate

We encourage you to contribute to the discussion on the Terminology Bridge on the DMF's interactive community forum - please join in by registering for the DMF Community

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