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	April 4, 2005 ILM's Next Challenge: The Metadata Wars Why Storage And Application Vendors Will Fight To Control Metadata by Galen Schreck with Simon Yates, Stephan Wenninger

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Executive Summary

While metadata is not new, it has come to light as a critical element of automated information life-cycle management systems. Many products for archiving and content management create and use their own metadata today — but these databases must become part of a federated system. If they do not, firms will be faced with a fragmented portfolio of information life-cycle management tools that have no common policies, management, or audit trail. Because standards bodies are just beginning to coalesce around ILM and metadata, firms should carefully plan their usage of point products for data retention.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What Is Metadata — And Why Would Anyone Care?
• Why Controlling Metadata Is Vital To ILM Vendors
• If Firms Force ILM Into Their Apps, Metadata Chaos Will Ensue

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Firms Must Carefully Evaluate Today's ILM Products
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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