“Information lifecycle management (ILM) is a
sustainable storage strategy that balances the cost of storing and managing
information with its business value.”

Like any management philosophy, this approach is new in some
ways and not in others. But it does have some advantages in terms of explicitly
addressing the relationship between data use and data storage. IT managers tend
to concentrate on issues of storage and maintenance, while operations managers
tend to be more concerned with the immediate use of the data. This occasional
tension between needs embodied in organizational structure can be discouraging
and potentially damaging. So if there is a way out, both operations and IT
managers would like to see it. That’s what this module is all about.

Here are two resources that give an overview of the
information lifecycle approach:

Life Cycle Management (N.D.) Information Life Cycle
Management. Retrieved December 4, 2011, from
http://www.life-cyclemanagement.com/information-life-cycle-management.php

Jericho Forum (2009) COA Paper: Information Lifecycle
Management. OpenGroup.org. Retrieved December 4, 2011, from
http://www.opengroup.org/jericho/COA_Information_Lifecycle_Management_v1.0.pdf

And this solution from IBM:

IBM. Information lifecycle management: Efficiently manage
information from creation through disposal. Retrieved Feb 21, 2012, from
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/its/pdf/ods00056-usen-00.pdf.

IBM. Disposal and Governance Management: The foundation for
information governance. Retrieved Feb 21, 2012, from
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/ecm/disposal-governance/.

After reading these articles and reviewing other information
from the Background and other sources, prepare a 3- to 5-page paper on the
following topic:

Based on the readings and your experiences, how do you think
information lifecycle management will affect coordination and conflicts between
operations managers and information technology managers?