Information classification

In a computer system that stores data objects, wherein the data objects receive services orchestrated by an information management system, a method for providing information management to the data objects, the method comprising:

• at a processor of a computer system,
• identifying rules relating to user-defined categories, the rules pertaining to the metadata, content, or environment of data objects;
• applying the rules to classify the data objects and generate further metadata;
• assigning categories of information management for each data object based on the rules and the generated metadata;
• identifying one or more service level objectives for each data object, wherein each of the service level objectives reflects a value of the associated data objects to an entity, wherein each service level objective corresponds to a service to be provided to each of the data objects by a provider, wherein the services provided to each data object are customized according to the service level objectives identified for each data object;
• mapping each of the one or more service level objectives to service levels available in the computer system when, for each service level objective, a value of the data objects associated with each service level objective is worth a cost of performing the service associated with each service level objective, wherein each service level includes a bundle of services available from the provider;
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• providing the services to the data objects.

In a computer system that stores data objects, wherein an information management system orchestrates services for the data objects, a method for providing information management to the data objects, the method comprising:

• at a processor of a computer system,
• discovering objects in a computer system environment to collect information including metadata about the objects;
• generating additional metadata for at least some of the objects;
• classifying the objects by applying rules specified by an entity to each object, wherein the rules use the collected information and the additional metadata, wherein applying the rules generates metadata relating to business lines of the objects;
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• assigning one or more categories to each object during classification of the objects based on an outcome of the rules, wherein the metadata relating to the business lines of the objects are considered in assigning one or more categories to a particular object;
• identifying one or more service level objectives for each object based on the assigned one or more categories of each object, wherein each of the one or more service level objectives corresponds to a service to be provided to each object and wherein the services provided to each object are customized according the one or more service level objectives identified for each data object, wherein a cost of the services provided to the data objects provides a standard for determining a value of each of the data objects, wherein the rules, assigned categories and identified service level of each data object determine the value of each data object to an entity;
• mapping the one or more service level objectives to service levels available in the computer system, wherein each service level includes a bundle of services;
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• providing the services in the bundle of services to the objects according to the mapping, wherein services whose cost is greater than the value of the data objects receiving those services are not provided.