Patent ID: 8135685

Claim:
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 classification of data objects to provide information management to the data objects, the method comprising: at a processor of a computer system, identifying rules relating to information management service levels in the computer system; automatically collecting information describing each data object in the computer system; applying the rules to the data objects, wherein the rules are driven at least by the collected information, wherein applying the rules generates metadata relating to at least a lifecycle of the data objects; assigning one or more categories of information management to each data object, wherein the metadata relating to the lifecycle of the data objects are considered in assigning a particular category to one or more of the data objects; identifying one or more service level objectives for each data object based on the assigned one or more categories of each data object, wherein each of the one or more service level objectives corresponds to a service to be provided to each data object, wherein the services provided to each data object are customized for each data object according to the service level objectives identified for each data object, wherein the rules, assigned categories and identified service level of each data object determine a value of each data object to an entity; proceeding with at least some of the one or more service level objectives when a determination is made that the value of each of the data objects associated with each of the one or more service level objectives is greater than a cost of the services associated with the one or more service level objectives; and mapping the at least some of the one or more service level objectives to service levels available in the computer system, wherein each service level includes a bundle of services that are provided to the data objects.