Hyperwave AG announces to integrate Hyperwave's eKnowledge Suite with the IBM TotalStorage DR550, enabling customers to leverage the power of Hyperwave's Enterprise Content Management Software with IBM's reference data solution that helps address regulatory compliance requirements.
Hyperwave's Archive Option directly integrates Hyperwave's eKnowledge Suite with the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software, used to manage and enforce data retention policies for the IBM TotalStorage Data Retention 550. The IBM TotalStorage DR550 is IBM's next generation data retention solution delivering a central point of control for both regulated data and non-regulated data. The solution incorporates IBM POWER5(tm) microprocessors for increased performance and speed of data storage. Based on Write Once Read Many (WORM) disk technology, it offers increased power, ease-of-use and new security features. Hyperwave complements this solution to manage the lifecycle of data assets from creation to retirement for its customers.
Using Serial ATA (SATA) physical disk storage, the DR550 is ideal for clients seeking near line storage application needs at an entry level price point while capitalizing on mainframe-inspired levels of reliability, security and function. The DR550 also delivers autonomic features such as call home capabilities, allowing the system to alert IT staff if there is a problem. This integrated solution will provide Hyperwave's customers with the foundation to manage growing data retention needs associated with compliance regulations and litigation.
"Our specialist area is the management of unstructured data, which today accounts for more than 80% of the total data within a company - and is increasing annually by more than 200%. At this rate, even the most sophisticated Content Management system will be bursting at the seams after a few years of usage," says Christoph Michel, CEO of Hyperwave, "The integration into IBM's TotalStorage DR550 allows our customers to keep their systems lean and clean with current information, in addition to improving their ability to satisfy emerging data retention regulations."
"The legal, political and economic climate is fuelling the growth of retention managed data. As companies comply with existing regulations, new regulatory mandates emerge. Consequently, it is an increasing challenge for companies to manage their retention managed data efficiently," said Alan Stuart, Chief Strategist and Business Line Executive, IBM Data Retention Solutions. "The DR550 is designed to help businesses meet this challenge while leveraging their existing software. Hyperwave's integration with the DR550 helps its customers more cost effectively address the myriad and complex issues relating to managing data in accordance with compliance regulations."
In addition, the system can automatically enforce data retention policies while supporting on-demand availability of key data and applications in the event of hardware, software or network failures. The DR550 and eKnowledge Suite provide companies with an essential component for effectively managing the value of information that can help reduce the cost of managing and storing data according to compliance regulations.
Note: IBM's and Hyperwave's customers are responsible for ensuring their own compliance with legal requirements. It is the customer's sole responsibility to obtain advice of competent legal counsel as to the identification and interpretation of any relevant laws and regulatory requirements that may affect the customer's business and any actions the customer may need to take to comply with such laws. IBM and Hyperwave do not provide legal advice or represent or warrant that its services or products will ensure that the customer is in compliance with any law.
