Digitiliti has evolved as a company over the past decade offering multiple solutions in the stor-

age industry. In 2005, Digitiliti offered one of the first on-line data protection solution. Today,

we are protecting hundreds of company’s data and have over a billion files under manage-

ment. With the release of DigiLibe, we will revolutionize the way in which corporations man-

age their unstructured and semi-unstructured data.

In today's legal and regulatory environments businesses

need to begin to adopt a new strategy for managing their

digital informational assets. Historically companies have

relied on technology vendors to deliver storage solutions

that address specific pain points associated with data

growth, security, and protection. As a result of this "bolt

together" approach, organizations manage unstructured

data files in the same manner without regard to their ac-

tual business value.

IDC reports unstructured data accounts for around 70% of the overall data stored and grows

an average of 30% to 40% per year. It is also noted, 20% of this data is active, while the other

80% is inactive. These statistics validate the need to be able to manage this information more

efficiently, but more importantly be able to control, retain, delete and make this data available

for user to share the knowledge contained with in these files and emails.

Information Management Problems:

Information Availability—Organizations have virtually zero control over what is created, what

is kept and where it is stored and shared. Much of file data is hidden in deep directories, fold-

ers, and its content is not known other than by its creator. Virtually impossible to leverage any

knowledge from backup and archive data

Unstructured Information Control & Compliance—Data growth in organization is given, but it

is made even more complicated due to multiple copies and versions are being stored on multi-

ple platforms. It makes it very difficult, if not impossible to secure this data for controlled ac-

cess, let alone try and align information technology with corporate governance policies. Com-

pliance becomes almost an impossible task.

Cost Control—Solving the information management issues with current solutions has lead to

implementing multiple point products and having to utilize additional IT resources for the up-

keep and maintenance of these systems and vendors.

Digitiliti’s DigiLibe is solving the information management problems by combining the best of

the storage industry with business intelligence strategies to change how people store, control,

secure and access this data. DigiLibe delivers a complete information management solution to

enable companies to bring structure to the unstructured files by identifying the business value

to corporate information and aligning it to business objectives. It does so, easily and in a dis-

tributed fashion on a corporate wide basis.

Centra l i zed Contro l

DigiLibe provides organizations

the capability to control the

information it creates within the

framework of centralized poli-

cies defined to support compli-

ance and regulatory require-

ments

Kno wled ge from

Infor mat ion

Digitiliti transforms files into rich

informational resources (digital

assets) where files are no longer

organized and utilized in the

traditional method of name,

size, and directory. When files

become unique information

objects, they are organized by

their inherent meaning and

value to the organization for the

purpose of deriving intelligence

and economic benefit from the

wealth of information created

daily.

Cost Ef fect ive

DigiLibe combines user focused,

content based search and fast

random access over a business’

entire data storage, including

archived data. Through its policy

engine and data management

capabilities, DigiLibe economi-

cally and efficiently controls the

growth and proliferation of on-

line and archived data.

Simp le

DigiLibe is packaged with its own

in-house and archival storage

capacity. Other than system

administration, it is virtually a

hands-off operation. DigiLibe’s

storage is transparent to the

user and its search tools are

immediately familiar. There is

virtually no learning curve, even

to set information policies.

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Overview

Unstructured Data

Any data not stored in a database

(Word, Excel, Power Point…)

Structured Data

Data residing in a database

Semi-Unstructured

Data residing in emails

Quick Facts:

1,000 knowledge workers

lose about $5.3 million a year

not being able to find infor-

mation.—The INI group

Poor data management can

cost $11 million annually just

based on users wasting time.

That doesn’t take into ac-

count other costs such as

outside audits, e-Discovery,

litigation, etc. - IDC

53% surveyed of users had

11TB or more of unstructured

data in their environments.

62% of those surveyed said

their unstructured informa-

tion was growing between 16

percent and 75 percent annu-

ally. - Taneja Group

Taneja discovered that the

major drivers for unstruc-

tured data growth among

survey respondents are Mi-

crosoft Office, e-mail attach-

ments, and backup and archi-

val

Office workers spend an aver-

age of 9.5 hr/wk searching,

gathering and analyzing infor-

mation - Outsell

80% of unstructured data is

inactive in less than 90 days—

IDC

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DigiLibe gives users and applications the ability to mine the knowledge of what is stored and archived.

Traditional applications tend to only give you one piece of the solution, where DigiLibe has solved the

problem at the root cause. When you consider, on average, 70% of data stored is comprised of un-

structured files and emails, where does the opportunities and risk reside? DigiLibe’s holistic approach

addresses the issues of data growth, data proliferation, storage efficiency and information manage-

ment through a unified storage architecture coupled with complete policy driven management.

DigiLibe takes a client centric approach to ensure data is captured and controlled at time of creation.

Once enrolled into DigiLibe, data is coded with DNA properties to form a unique, fully indexed, and

secure Information Object. These objects reside in a virtual corporate library that can be transparently

access by users and applications from hard drive to archive.

Virtual Corporate Library—All Files/Emails - always online-always available

Thru DigiLibe, data is fully content indexed and can be

accessed through a simple search interface. Users no

longer have to sift through multiple storage locations

to find files and emails. They simply type what they

are interested in and DigiLibe returns the results.

Accessing these files/emails is just a double click, no IT

involvement —regardless of whether they are stored

locally or in the archive.

DigiLibe also enables complete version control to track

changes for collaboration or file rollback (reverting to

the last saved version)

Compliance officers can conduct risk assessments or

audits through multi-mailbox search, complete meta-

data capture and reporting .

Control and Security over Unstructured Data IT staff and end user productivity

DigiLibe enables continuous availability of files and email by

collecting meta data and implementing corporate informa-

tion policies at time of file creation and email capture. Poli-

cies can be implemented on a global, group, user, file type

or combination. Complete data security is enabled through

tight integration with Active Directory.

Intelligent Information Objects policies include:

♦ White list/Black list capture

♦ Active Archive Management

♦ Version Control

♦ User Management

♦ Retention/Deletion

♦ Storage Pool Control

♦ File Type Work Flow Extension

Information Management

DigiLibe Search

DigiLibe Policy Control

DigiLibe:

Integrated Solution

♦ Simp le , Sca lable, D is-

tr ibu ted Arch itecture

♦ Increase E f f i c ien cy —

Decrease Cost

Client Centric

♦ Comp lete Meta Data

captu re and con tro l at

t ime of c reat ion

♦ Comp lete pol icy man -

agemen t—creat ion to

delet ion o f f i les &

emai l s

Current State: Big Switch, Nicholas Carr

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For the past few decades the storage architectures and processes in storage have not dramatically

changed because of the client server based environment. Yes, we have seen new protocols, drive capaci-

ties, and storage concepts such as SAN/NAS, but at the end of the day, we end up with data stored inside

employees internal hard drives and on proprietary storage devices. Over time, we outgrow the capacity

of these devices and either migrate data to a larger storage array or we simply add another array to our

environment. As the business grows, more employees results in more workstations, data growth, data

proliferation, points of failure not to mention unnecessary file duplicates and legal exposure. Whether

the data files exist in someone's laptop, workstation or high end SAN, the fact is that separate file inven-

tories continue to grow over time in size and quantity making it impossible to achieve efficient, effective

information management. These inefficiencies have driven the complexity and cost of information man-

agement to unnecessary levels.

DigiLibe integrated architecture eliminates the need for multiple

products and vendors to manage data backup to the archive. Imag-

ine the savings not having to have separate backup software/servers,

tape drives, courier services, offsite replication, archive systems,

deduplication devices, encryption, index appliances…. With

DigiLibe’s robust file/email policy control, IT can simply and efficiency allocate primary storage, archive,

labor and server capacity while allowing users and applications continued access to their data.

Transparent Data Protection— Automatic, Continuous Data Protection from Hard

Drive to Archive DigiLibe’s policy enables full lifecycle management from the creation of the file to the deletion. All files

are captured via include/exclude list, and Emails are captured during send/receive with out any user in-

volvement. The data is automatically sent and enrolled into the onsite Information Director and con-

verted to unique Intelligent information objects. These information objects are deduplicated, fully con-

tent indexed, secured, encoded with meta data and other IT defined policies. The files and emails are

then automatically transmitted to the Archived Information Director for continuous protection.

Data Reduction— Global Deduplication, Compression & File Lifecycle Management DigiLibe is all about storing less data. Deduplication occurs at the Digi-Client, Information Director and

Archive Information Director. DigiLibe runs multiple dedup algorithms over each file and email so only

unique data is stored and archived. Client-side deduplication ensures only unique files are sent to mini-

mize traffic flow. Deduplication at the Information Directors enables files, email messages and attach-

ments to only be stored once with the Subject, To, From and CC logged in our system for archive effi-

ciency. These unique information objects are then coded with lifecycle policies, compressed and stored

in the Archive Information Director

Virtual Corporate Library

Digi-Client

Onsite

Information

Director

Offsite/Co-location

Archive Information

Director

Server

Capacity

Labor

Utilization

Storage

Capacity

80%

Wasted

20%

Utilized

35%

Utilized 65%

Wasted

30%

Business

70%

Upkeep

De-dup Appli-

Backup Server

Index Appliance

Encryption Appliance

Client

File Server

Disk Arrays

Tape Archive

Email Archive

Tape Courier Tape Vault

Virtual Tape Library

Tradition Storage Strategy DigiLibe

Information

Object

Rapid Information

Applications

Compliance, e-Discovery,

Departmental to Business

Intelligence

Virtual Corporate

Library

Fully content indexed

library with all files & emails

always online, always

available from hard drive to

archive

Structure the Un-

structured

Complete Policy control from

creation to deletion and the

behavior in between.

Data Reduction

Global deduplication,

compression and file lifecycle

management

Transparent Data

Protection

Automatic, Continues Data

Protection—No user

involvement it!"

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Data Capture Policy

DigiLibe provides complete control

on what is data is captured based on

white list/black list policies

Data Capture On Save

Once the user saves their file,

DigiLibe’s client automatically cap-

tures and begins the enrollment

into the Information Director

Meta Data Capture & Control

Meta data is captured at time of file

creation to ensure all information is

collected about the file, user, com-

puter, environment and any custom

information required. Policies can

also be set to act on the meta data

for additional file control.

Email Capture On Send/Receive

Emails are captured through a col-

lection account on the MS Exchange

server, requiring no agent or addi-

tional load. Emails are enrolled into

DigiLibe and automatically sent to

the Archive Information Director.

Continuous Data Protection Global Deduplication

Client Deduplication

Before any data is sent from the

client, DigiLibe runs a dedup proc-

ess. If not unique, a file pointer is

logged in system and no data is sent

Email, Attachments, and Archive

Deduplication

All data being enrolled into the On-

site Information Director is dedupli-

cated before it gets automatically

sent to the Archive Information

Director

Automated Active Archive

All files and emails are sent to the

Archive Information Director for

data protection.

Complete Content Indexing

File and Emails’s contents are

scanned and indexed for easy ac-

cess and additional controls

Data Management

Retention/Deletion Management

Complete retention management

by global, group, user and file type.

Revision Control

Manages via policy version stored

onsite and offsite. DigiLibe enables

collaboration or ability to revert

back to the last version saved (file

Access Control

Data Security

Full integration and syncing with

active directory, LDAP or writing of

custom policies for secure storage

and access to files and emails. Compression

Automated compression algorithms

are utilized to reduce file size be-

fore sending to the archive

Encryption

Files are encrypted before transmis-

sion and at rest with 256K or 512K

encryption schems

Virtual Corporate Library

Virtual File System

Complete file control from creation

to deletion of files with full visibility

from hard drive to archive

Key Features

Corporate Wide Search

Single file and email search to group

or multi-mailbox search