FileTek has announced Trusted Edge for Intelligent Content Migration, an information classification and asset management solution.

Trusted Edge uniformly classifies, tags, and moves both new and existing content during the archive process, promising to make legacy file migration as easy as pushing a button.

The solution provides certified adapters for leading repositories, including Microsoft SharePoint, Open Text Livelink, Laserfiche, Symantec Enterprise Vault, IBM Content/Records Manager, FileTek StorHouse, and all repositories that are compliant with the WebDAV interface standard.

One of the biggest challenges facing all organisations as they implement content and records management solutions is how to handle the thousands of existing files that reside on shared drives scattered throughout the network.

FileTek claims traditional file archive applications normally bulk move data "as is" from cluttered file shares to other locations without collecting important file metadata or applying consistent rules that evaluate individual file content and business value.

Trusted Edge for Intelligent Content Migration performs automatic content tagging and reorganisation in real-time as the secure migration process occurs. The software intelligently classifies, captures, and relocates only relevant content based on a set of preconfigured, consistent enterprise policies that can be triggered based on file path, file name, file metadata, file type, and even actual file content, thus enabling intelligent decisions about how each item should be migrated and secured.

Mark Seamans, FileTek Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, commented, "Digital housekeeping is an unpleasant task that most organisations don't know how to tackle. And, the availability of low cost storage has only made the problem worse. Organisations simply add more shared drive space rather than force a cleanup effort.

"Nonetheless, the pain associated with unmanaged information transcends the cost of additional storage, because unmanaged and cluttered shared drives can lead to information theft and loss, serious compliance violations, litigation risk, and severe penalties and sanctions, factors that greatly affect organisational health and well-being.

"Trusted Edge breakthrough technology eliminates digital housekeeping pain and ensures corporate wellness by making shared drive cleanup and secure migration to one or more structured repositories a simple, one-click, automated process."