Soarian® Health Archive* is Siemens comprehensive archiving and document management solution for the European market. Due to its interoperability with HIS, this digital archive facilitates the document management processes of clinical, administrative and commercial documents and data, for example e-mails, office documents, financial accounting data, personnel files or contracts. Current requirements of an archiving and document management solution The IT market is subject to rapid change, including in the Healthcare sector: new versions, new formats and new storage media. Choosing an archive solution to store data securely and reliably for a period of 30 years seems an almost impossible task. It is therefore especially important to take key factors into consideration such as international standards, innovative technology, producer reliability, recognized certifications, the inclusion of administrative areas and, last but not least, capability of seamless interoperability. Soarian Health Archive is designed with the aim to address these aspects.