EMC Consulting helps customers improve data management governance by validating data policies for handling, retaining, and disposing of critical information to meet business and regulatory requirements. This approach helps gain consensus for data management from business and IT. We address policies such as data retention, archiving, quota management, legal management and compliance, and purging.

EMC delivers the expertise to:

• Review data policies for timeliness.
• Bridge gaps in data policies by refining existing policies or defining new ones.
• Map policies into appropriate data center service treatment.

EMC Consulting helps organizations manage information throughout its lifecycle by defining policies that specify the movement of data to lower cost tiers of infrastructure as its frequency of access and business value declines. These policies and rules form the basis for automated movement of data to lower cost tiers. This approach reduces infrastructure and operating costs and simplifies data management.

EMC has the expertise to help you:

• Evaluate current data movement rules and policies, such as retention periods and purging.
• Define or update rules based on business needs.
• Provide recommendations of data mobility tools and options.

EMC Consulting helps organizations develop data management policies and operations that cost-effectively address compliance and security concerns while fostering business growth.

Our experienced security and information management consultants have the tools and know-how to develop an effective management strategy for your sensitive data. We use a multi-step approach that:

• Identifies relevant rules, requirements and policies.
• Identifies classes of sensitive data, such as personal financial information.
• Determine where this sensitive data is located in your environment.
• Applies proper technical controls for securing this information.