The use and reliance of electronic documents, images and files has exploded in recent times and business processes are critically linked to the information they contain. Workers can waste valuable time looking for information or – even worse – recreating documents that already exist.  

Not only is human effort wasted, precious and costly primary storage is consumed by electronic content much of which can be cost effectively moved to other tiers of storage.  Off-loading electronic content to archive systems can greatly reduce the burden on backup process, freeing up value cycles for business growth.

The management of electronic content is not only concerned with organizational and operational efficiency but also proper retention and disposal of documents to meet governance concerns.  And with over 20,000 compliance-based regulations in the world today – that is no small task. 

To help share Plasmon’s understanding of these issues, we developed the Business Archive Management model, which defines a comprehensive approach to archive and content management. We work closely with business partners to design and implement solution’s to help your manage electronic content, based on these best practices.

Integrating software and key hardware (UDO2) Plasmon solutions like – Archive File Manager, UDO Archive Appliance, and Enterprise Active Archive, we help organizations through out the world with the management of electronic content.

Benefits
Effective Reuse of Information – archive management of electronic content allows for effective reuse of information driving operational efficiency and innovation
 
Permanence and longevity – unlike disk solutions, UDO media can be stored for more than 50 years without loss of data integrity

Flexibility – Plasmon solutions combine hardware and software to accommodate content archiving from various sources in the same architecture – eliminating archive silos

Scalability – solutions are sized to meet the needs of your operations today and grow with your organization over time

Continuity – flexible, low-cost disaster-recovery options to help ensure archived content is not lost

Tier storage – RAID cache delivers fast data access – unlike tape – while UDO2 provides environmentally friendly storage for static, low-access objects

Low cost of ownership – Plasmon solutions utilize tiered storage providing the least expensive total cost of ownership, when compared to other storage solutions

Operational efficiency – static content is removed from primary storage and backup processes decreasing backup workloads and freeing primary storage

Customer Experiences
Dallas Morning News –
“The system is rock solid. We don’t hear a peep out of it, and it runs flawlessly.” – Bob Mason, Publishing Systems, Dallas Morning News

Federal Aviation Administration –
“The very low TCO of UDO storage, and the authenticity, longevity and speed of access to the data makes this solution a win-win situation for the FAA Registry.” – Mike Frakes, Team Lead/Data Center, FAA Civil Aviation Registry

ImpreMedia –
“We started archiving on disk-based RAID, however we found that UDO offered the key components of longevity, access and affordability needed for a project of this type.” – Bob Mason, Chief Technology Officer, ImpreMedia

Phoenix CSI –
“As a government agency, finding the most effective technology solutions with most reasonable price points is always important…it was crucial that we found a comprehensive archival storage solution that would ensure the integrity of each and every CSI photograph, so that the detectives and attorneys serving the city would be better equipped to do their jobs effectively.” – Lori Rhyons, Computer Services Bureau Administrator

Our Partners
Technology Partners

FileNet – FileNet’s ECM solutions allow customers to managing content throughout their organization, automating and streamlining their business processes, and simplifying their critical and everyday decision-making.

Hyland Software – Hyland’s OnBase software combines integrated document management, business process management and records management in a single web-enabled application.

Questys Solutions – Questys Solutions provides advanced electronic document/content management and automated data capture solutions.

For a full list of technology partners, click here.

Plasmon Products
Enterprise Active Archive – the most complete archiving product on the market. Integrating Plasmon’s UDO Archive Appliance with software to create an intelligent, multi-tier archiving platform that manages information and its retention.

Archive File Manager – integrates discovery, contextual classification, and automated data management into one intelligent file system using policies to pull static data off NAS and SAN storage, and migrating it to the Archive Appliance, or the Enterprise Active Archive.

UDO Archive Appliance – is designed for the long-term storage of patient images and records. Its architecture combines software and the performance and simplicity of network-attached RAID, with the longevity and authenticity of UDO.

UDO2 – is not “your father’s optical media”. Rather, UDO2 is the state of the art storage media for long-term archive. To learn more about all of Plasmon’s product, click here.

Other Information
Solution Brief – Plasmon UDO Archive Solutions

Digital Archiving Brief – Plasmon Multi-Tier Enterprise Active Archive - Enterprise Strategy Group