by Angela Guess
As 2011 comes to a close, David Gibson of Varonis Systems announces the company’s predictions for data governance in 2012. First on the list: “Secure Collaboration Goes Viral in 2012 – it will be the year data owners take back access control decisions from IT, and demand automation to analyze data, make better decisions, and eliminate costly, ineffective manual processes.” Gibson says, “Just as organizations demand automation to understand their sales trends, customer base, financial habits, and other critical processes, they will demand automation to understand their data—where it should reside, who should have access to it, and how it’s used. Organizations will realize that continuing on the current path will have devastating results for their businesses – doing nothing is not an option anymore.”
The second prediction: “Big data analytics will expand its focus to the biggest data of all—unstructured information sitting on file servers, NAS devices, and in email systems.” Gibson commented, “Effective data governance requires harnessing the power of metadata through intelligent automation. It is not surprising that industry experts are now saying that the same kind of automation is necessary for more than good governance. In order to harness the power of ‘Big Data,’ you’ll need to analyze and look for patterns in how and when these massive amounts of data are used, who uses it, in what sequence, and what it contains in order to effectively run a data-driven organization. Widely known fact: the majority of big data in the enterprise is unstructured rather than structured.”
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