How mature is your Archive?

The Five Archive Stages

The developmental stages of an archive environment begin with Chaos where the concept of archiving does not even exist and extend to the fifth stage of Business Value where archiving is totally embedded within the business process and the value of archive data is fully exploited.

In between these two extremes the archive environment evolves, becoming Reactive to risk and regulations, moving into the Business Sustaining stage which centralises the archive process and then to a Proactive state that incorporates the wider needs of the organisation. 

These definitions enable organisations to assess their current state, quantify risks and highlight additional benefits.

> Chaos   

> Reactive   

> Business Sustaining   

> Proactive   

> Business Value