XAM Value Proposition
and White Papers
XAM has great value for Storage, Application, and Data and Information Management Developers.
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XAM has many value propositions depending on the application, the vertical, and the category of implementation. Here are high-level overviews. Please read the linked papers to get a detailed understanding and perspective.
Medical Records and XAM
Having taken the step to build in the XAM layer we began to realise the benefit of a single interface to write data to and from the storage layer, and began designing our own vendor interface modules (VIMs) to expand the set of storage targets we can support. We can now write to disk, Centera devices and even target cloud storage using these VIMs.
Source: Kevin Crook RainStor April, 2009
- With XAM objects, medical records become portable and secure thereby capable of supporting the vision of the Electronic Health Records initiative over the long-term.
- XAM supports maintaining an individual's personal records globally unique over time with integrity and authenticity.
eDiscovery and Litigation Support and XAM
- XAM objects with extended metadata enable preservation, litigation review, discovery, security, and automate placement of litigation holds across all protected repositories.
- With business important information captured in a XAM-enabled repository upon creation, discovery and litigation review practices are more scalable, cost effective, automated, and controlled across time.
XAM in Cloud Storage Services
The fact that XAM opens up the ability to "find" objects, "transform" or "version" them within storage pools as well as move objects between storage pools independent of the application is a huge win.
Source: Mark Sassure Penn State Univ. Nov., 2009
- SNIA's Cloud Data Storage Management Interface, CDMI, based on use of XAM-objects provides information portability with control because of the use of tightly coupled and extensive metadata.
- XAM on CDMI provides the missing link for secure, portable information services across the Cloud.
XAM for Storage Developers and XAM for Application Developers
- XAM creates differentiation and market expansion, enabling applications and their partners to better serve their customers
- XAM enables new functionality needed for many key vertical industries that rely on preservation or retention management services being applied upon creation
- XAM helps applications and storage providers meet new customer needs such as innovative solutions for compliance, retention management, litigation support, and risk reduction
