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Storage Savings Drive Information Governance Capabilities

Welcome to this special edition newsletter providing you with complimentary access to new research by Alan Dayley, Gartner Research Director, which explores some of the benefits BAE Systems' has gained through the use of Active Navigation File Analysis technologies.

For most organizations, the road to Information Governance is a challenging one and that is never more the case than for global blue-chip companies like BAE Systems. With an advanced Data Storage cost reduction plan already in place, supported with one of the lowest costs per TB in a Fortune 500 we have seen, BAE Systems has leveraged our File Analysis capabilities to further reduce that footprint to reduce costs by another $2m per year and counting. Along the way BAE has developed key skills and capabilities to enable it to pro-actively govern its unstructured information.

Active Navigation is honored to have been a key partner in what is a world-leading data reduction project and together with BAE Systems we're excited that Gartner has recognized this project in its latest Best Practice research note.

Mark Tango, BAE Systems and Peter Baumann CEO, Active Navigation

Save Millions in Storage Costs With These Effective Data Management Best Practices
Alan Dayley
25 February 2015
Redundant, outdated and trivial (ROT) data is both a waste of IT budget and a potential security risk. Storage architects, similar to those at BAE Systems, need to understand that data reduction requires a combination of data analysis and corporatewide partnerships.

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