File Classification Infrastructure

 

Reliance on data & storage resources has continued to grow in importance for most organizations. CIOs are facing increased regulations and data leakage concerns; and IT administrators face the steadily growing challenge of overseeing larger and more complex storage infrastructures while simultaneously being tasked with the responsibility to ensure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is maintained at reasonable levels. Managing storage resources isn’t just about the volume or availability of data anymore—it’s also about the enforcement of company policies and knowing how storage is consumed to enable efficient utilization and compliance to mitigate risk. The amount of data companies host will continue to grow and this will necessitate the ongoing need for sound strategic planning and proper responses to organizational changes.

 

Windows Server 2008 R2 file classification infrastructure provides insight into your data by automating classification processes so that you can manage your data more effectively. The built-in solution for file classification provides expiration, custom tasks, and reporting. The extensible infrastructure enables Microsoft partners to construct rich end-to-end classification solutions that are built upon Windows.

 

 

By automating the manual categorization of your data according to pre-prescribed conditions, you can manage your data more effectively to decide what should be retained and where should it be stored. This reduces costs of storage and mitigates risks for data loss or retention purposes.

 

 

Your administrators can now manage files based on their business value by classifying files and applying policy based on the classification. As a result, a new layer of efficiency is added driving down the typical costs associated with managing and protecting the file server. For example non-essential data can be automatically flagged for removal and business sensitive data can be more closely managed.