IBM® Records Manager manages enterprise e-records throughout their life cycle, from creation to disposition.
IBM Records Manager provides life cycle records retention management for various applications, such as e-mail, document management, workflow, imaging, and groupware. You can also specify an audit trail for security-managed records to provide evidence of proper business operations and record keeping.
IBM Records Manager is a standalone records management solution for nonelectronic documents. It also provides electronic records capability to independent software vendor applications and systems.
You can use IBM Records Manager to electronically records-enable your applications, such as document management, enterprise portal, storage management, imaging, and e-mail systems. By electronically records-enabling your software, you can provide robust life cycle retention management for your corporate records.
IBM Records Manager includes the following core components: the IBM Records Manager engine, IBM Records Manager administration client, IBM Records Manager database, and supporting utilities, which include the Import Export utility and the application programming interface (API).