3 Chapter 3. Implementing ILM This chapter gives an overview of the logical stages involved in implementing ILM in any organization. We also mention some IBM products that prove helpful during these stages. For detailed information about these products, please refer to Chapter 4, "Product overview" on page 37. A more detailed consideration of this process follows in the next chapters. Finally, it gives information about IBM's ILM consulting and services for ILM, including the IBM four-step process for an ILM setup.