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Bill On Identity-Enabled ILM


Dear Colleague,

This month's topic of integrating identity intelligence into information lifecycle management (ILM), a bit ironically, coincides with a change in my role at Sun. Click through for my farewell letter as I move on to become COO of Sun Federal — and to learn how identity-enabled ILM can help you meet tougher requirements for data security and regulatory compliance. » More

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Bill Vass
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