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IBM Takes Princeton Softech For Compliance

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In an effort to shore up its data archiving and compliance skill set, IBM (Quote)today agreed to buy Princeton Softech for an undisclosed sum.Princeton Softech's Optim software helps improve database performance by assessing, classifying and socking away historical data culled from disparate application and database environments.

Optim is also used to create test databases where sensitive data can be protected, which in the end helps customers better protect their privacy. Princeton promises that customers won't have to use expensive storage for older, seldom accessed records.

The deal for Princeton Softech, which has approximately 240 employees and more than 2,200 customers, is expected to close later this year. IBM said in a statement it will fold Princeton Softech's products into its Information Management Software division, led by Ambuj Goyal, general manager of IBM Information Management.

To be sure, record retention rules such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and SEC 17a-4 have businesses scared into by-the-book rigidity when it comes to saving records and other data for certain time periods.

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