FileTek Presents Technology Seminars at ARMA International Greater Baltimore Chapter Spring Meeting
Seminars Discuss Using Innovative Technology to Achieve Records Management Goals
Rockville, Maryland – March 11, 2010 - FileTek, Inc., a leading global provider of large-scale data management and information governance solutions, today announced that it will present a morning seminar and an afternoon breakout session at the spring meeting of the Greater Baltimore, Maryland, chapter of ARMA International. The subject of the meeting is "Emerging Technologies & Records Information Management." The meeting will be held on March 26, 2010, from 8:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. at the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Kossiakoff Center, which is located at 11100 Johns Hopkins Road in Laurel, MD. ARMA International, a not-for-profit professional association, is the authority on managing paper and electronic records and information. The Baltimore chapter has been an active and vital ARMA component since 1975. For directions and registration instructions, visit http://www.armamar.org/GBMC/Programs/GBMC.pdf.
The FileTek sessions will focus on the importance of choosing the right technology mix when planning and implementing a proactive records management program. This approach includes classification of both new and legacy data according to the same policy rules, minimal impact on end-user operation, intelligent share drive migration management and control, forensic authentication and audit trail, support for federated architectures to preserve investments in existing technology, and a comprehensive rules structure that consistently extend to all records, even those created at the network's edge – on laptops, desktops, and file shares.
Mark Seamans, FileTek Vice President and CTO, will lead an informative morning general session entitled, "Technology Strategies for Mitigating Litigation Risks." He will explain how the right technology decisions can proactively empower organizations to access key information, fulfill their legal obligation to preserve critical content, and maintain a proper custodial chain throughout the content lifecycle. Mr. Seamans will also discuss innovative technology solutions that support these critical goals. His 20-plus years of experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise software solutions give him the unique credentials and knowledge to link today's available technologies to the most pressing and important customer requirements.
Mike Smith, FileTek General Manager for Trusted Edge®, will present a comprehensive afternoon breakout session entitled, "Avoiding RM Hazards: Tales from the Front." Session topics include managing out-of-control file shares, enforcing policies when no one listens, determining who monitors custodians, and combining technology with sound practices to overcome these problems. The failure to address these issues can negatively affect productivity and increase the potential for litigation risk and financial sanctions. Mr. Smith has over 20 years of experience working with industry-leading records management solutions and is an expert on classification schema design and best practices records management guidelines.
Greg Chalmers, Vice President of Programs for the ARMA Greater Baltimore chapter, remarked, "We are pleased to have FileTek as part of our meeting agenda. FileTek has an impressive pedigree and will share first-hand empirical knowledge with our members. The company's participation adds significant value to our annual spring event."
About FileTek
FileTek, Inc. is a premier provider of large-scale data management and information governance solutions, enabling organizations, worldwide and across multiple industry segments, to efficiently manage, rapidly access, and effectively govern their ever-growing volume of enterprise data. Since 1984, FileTek has provided comprehensive, award-winning solutions to companies, prestigious educational institutions, and scientific and government agencies worldwide. From our patented and innovative StorHouse high-volume data management solutions to our Trusted Edge information classification and asset management software, FileTek maintains a steady focus: enhancing and automating information lifecycle management and data preservation processes for all categories and volumes of data. The company's website may be accessed at www.FileTek.com.
FileTek is headquartered at 9400 Key West Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. Telephone: 301-251-0600. Fax: 301-251-1990. The FileTek international headquarters, FileTek Ltd, is located at One Northumberland Ave., London WC2N 5BW. Telephone: +44 (0) 207 872 5583. Fax: +44 (0) 207 753 2829. The company also has offices across North America.
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Diamond Lauffin, co-founder of Nexsan Technologies North America and a leading authority in the field of storage and storage systems will discuss the challenges, requirements and available technologies that are being implemented to successfully manage, archive, backup, and access this critical biomedical research information. The presentation will take place at "The Petabyte Challenge" - a conference focused on addressing the challenges associated with managing the explosion of research-related data. The conference is being presented by the Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI) and will be held on February 18th and 19th at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.
Mr. Lauffin was directly involved in providing multi-petabyte solutions to organizations such as Fermi Labs and JPL/CalTech as well as many other University, Scientific and Commercial installations. Mr. Lauffin will be sharing his personal experience with the recent evaluation and roll-out of a multi-petabyte 'active archive' solution at a major national laboratory. The deployed solution serves as the core storage component for the capture and sharing of next-generation genomic sequencing information produced at numerous bioinformatic research facilities and centers throughout the United States. Furthermore, he will discuss their selection process and subsequent deployment process for the FileTek StorHouse® storage virtualization and data management system as an active archive, backup and redundant on-line, off-site secondary site solution for their 12-petabytes of research data.
Mr. Lauffin will illustrate how a cost livable and cost justifiable approach was deployed to support a combined total of 24-petabytes of synchronized, on-site, off-site, on-line managed data. While the example discussed in this session may appear unique, these same storage challenges and requirements confront industries and organizations of all sizes. Please join Mr. Lauffin for this informational and entertaining session.
