Following up on the earlier set of Service Product offering, as indicated during the initial announcement - highlighted in the post here, now IBM Middleware Services & IBM Storage and Data Services, sub-units of IBM Global Technology Services introduced new service products to tackle data management challenges including information overload and fragmented source systems.

The new set of offerings are : - Data Management Service (DMS) - Data Warehouse Service Product (DWSP). - Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Service Product - Implementation Services for Storage Service Product

DMS assesses, plans, designs and implements database components for simplified data management.

DWSP offers upgrade and migration services that will allow customers optimize existing data assets and deploy new warehouses efficiently.

Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Service Product: It is designed to classify data according to age and relevance to a company's business. It applies best practices conforming to regulatory guidelines. It enables clients strategically adopt storage optimization, virtualization and archiving practices in a cost-effective and policy based manner.
Implementation Services for Storage Service Product: will provide skills to clients for disk, tape, network attached storage and storage software products that can improve data backup and recovery capabilities, reduce risk of adopting new technology and decrease time to deploy.
Migration Services for Data Service Product- For assisting customers plan and execute data migration by leveraging tools and disciplines to help speed migration time and enhance quality.

Paul Fried, vice-president, IBM Storage and Data Services said, "IBM is deploying deep infrastructure experience and industry-leading best practices, methods and tools to help clients win now in the battle against information overload. These new service products help businesses reduce risk, get information to users faster and maximize the value of their existing servers, software and applications."

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