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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Manoj Nair, Cary, NC (US);
Stephen R. Perrin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark Weng Soon Wah, Cary, NC (US);
John Philip Bell, Ii, Skibbereen, IE;
Manoj Nair, Cary, NC (US);
Stephen R. Perrin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark Weng Soon Wah, Cary, NC (US);
John Philip Bell, II, Skibbereen, IE;
EMC CORPORATION, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Deleting objects in a computing system. Information management can be used to provide disposition services including the deletion of selected objects. The categorization process of information management can also be used to assign categories to objects such that an entity understands what the objects are. Understanding what the objects are may include the application of logic, including user-defined logic, to examine the objects. The results of the logic can then be used to assign categories to the objects. The policies of a user, which often define how objects should be treated are implemented by mapping the categories to the appropriate data disposition services. Once the specific disposition services, which include file deletion, are known, a workflow may be initiated to provide a period of review prior to physical deletion of the objects from the computing environment.