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NEON’s Craig Mullins Named Co-Chair of 100 Year Archive Committee
Storage Networking Industry Association’s Data Management Forum aims to produce best practices for long-term digital information retention
SUGAR LAND, TX. – April 7, 2008 – SUGAR LAND, Texas – April 7, 2008 – NEON Enterprise Software announced today
that Corporate Technologist Craig Mullins was named co-chair of the 100 Year Archive
Committee within the Storage Networking Industry Association’s Data Management
Forum (DMF).
The 100 Year Archive Committee is part of the Data Management Forum’s Long-Term
Archive and Compliance Storage Initiative (LTACSI). The LTACSI is a cooperative
effort of end users, IT professionals, vendors, integrators, and service providers who are
interested in addressing the challenges related to long-term digital information retention,
archiving and compliance-related storage practices.
The responsibility of the 100 Year Archive Committee is to focus on market education,
awareness and outreach. It is one of three working committees in the LTACSI that
collaborate with one another to:
• Drive technical standards development for Long Term Digital Information
Retention and Preservation
• Identify and develop best practice guides and reference architectures for Long
Term Digital Information Retention and Preservation
• Develop a glossary of terms and a reference model by working with professionals
across industries and associations. These definitions and terms will play an
important role in the creation of common best practices and standards for longterm
digital information archival, storage and retrieval.
“I am honored to be named co-chair of the 100 Year Archive Committee,” said Craig
Mullins, NEON’s data management strategist for TITAN Archive. “Preserving digital
information in the data center is an important issue, and one with lasting effects. I look
forward to collaborating with this committed group to develop an industry dialogue about
this growing problem, and work towards industry standards and best practices.”
As co-chair, Mullins will help lead the education activities related to long-term digital
information retention practices by promoting the results of the work done by the DMFLTACSI.
Activities include supporting events, publishing relevant articles, whitepapers
and website content, establishing a speaker’s bureau and building upon new and
existing industry alliances.
“It’s important that the Storage Networking Industry Association’s Data Management
Forum continue to attract industry experts to participate in the DMF,” said Gary Zasman,
Chair of the DMF LTACSI. “Electronic data protection and retention is an evolving and
changing area—one that continues to increase in importance for organizations as new
compliance and regulatory demands continue to be tested through litigation.”
The 100 Year Archive Requirements Survey was completed by the committee in
January 2007. The committee surveyed 276 organizations worldwide to determine what
the challenges are that organizations face with preserving and retrieving electronic data.
For a copy of the final 100 Year Archive Requirements Survey report or for more
information about the LTACSI goals and active projects, visit: www.sniadmf.org/100year.
About NEON Enterprise Software
NEON Enterprise Software is a leading technology provider of data management
solutions that allow organizations to preserve, protect, retain and cost effectively
manage their database data for its legal life. In an ever-changing world, our solutions
allow you to manage your data with confidence and minimize business risk. Founded in
1995, NEON Enterprise Software is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, and serves
customers worldwide with its dedicated team of industry experts.
For more information about NEON Enterprise Software, visit www.neon.com or call 281-491-6366 or 888-338-6366.
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