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I am Colin Cecil, an IT professional with 30+ years of experience. Grew up in England but have been living in the New Jersey for over 25 years. I’ve worked for Merck & Co. in the IT division since moving to New Jersey and have supported many different business functions over the years.
The blog focuses on the work that I have been doing for the last 8 years which relates to the retirement of IT applications and the archiving of their data.
What Gets Archived?
Setting standards for what can be archived and who can access the data will save money and headaches down the line.
Time to Pull the Plug
The pitfalls of keeping old systems around “just in case” and the birth of zombie apps
Retiring Orphan Applications
How to retire ownerless applications in a controlled and compliant manner
Best Practice – Archive It All
Why archiving entire data sets is a best practice rather than trying to save a few pennies on data storage costs.
