SNIA = Storage Network Industry Association

1. User stored data individually.

2. Centralized data storing.

3. Data stored externally with retention.

4. Disaster Recovery.
Data creation and usage cycle within company.

Structured Data
- Examples of structured data are e-mails; databases and electronic forms

Unstructured Data

- Text documents, images, video, CAD and web pages are examples of unstructured
data
Conclusion of Data and Information

1. Company do not know when the data will be valuable

2. Capacity, access and performance will be important for multi employees access
CALS (short for Computer Aided Logistics Support) is used by the United States army to
make sure that every part of the army can get to all relevant information. The impact
of CALS is huge for every company that wants to do business with any part of the
army. Even a bakery store that wants to deliver bread to the army cantina needs to
comply with the CALS standard.

BASEL is a standard for organizations in the financial sector. BASEL has strict rules for
reports, accounting information and all other financial matters.
WORM
The SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act) regulations state that a company is responsible for
storing and removing information it generates or uses. This also includes the
responsibility for an organization to make sure that nobody can make copies of
important documents (or files) and take them outside of the organization. If the
information is stored as paper archives shredding might be a definitive solution and
also burning the information might be applicable.