by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “LockPath, a leading provider of governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced significant enhancements to its Keylight® Platform. In version 4.6 of Keylight, LockPath adds a new streamlined design to the platform to provide more reporting options and to create greater visibility for the company’s […]
BackOffice Associates Debuts Information Governance Cloud
by Angela Guess A new press release out of the company reports, “BackOffice Associates, a worldwide leader in information governance and data modernization solutions, today debuted Information Governance Cloud™ (IGC), a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that empowers business users to design, analyze and institutionalize enterprise-wide data policies. The company’s award-winning Data Stewardship Platform (DSP), which […]
Data Governance and Information Governance: Contemporary Solutions
While Data Governance is usually considered a mature discipline, according to Robert Smallwood, the Managing Director at the Institute for Information Governance, during his recent DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2016 Conference presentation Information Governance (IG) is a more recent development. The Information Governance Initiative was first formed in February of 2014. It was originally made […]
People Matter to the Data Strategy Process
Data Strategy in the education sector needs to take into consideration one big question: Why? Why should education professionals care about the seemingly endless streams of data they’re asked to enter into systems? Why should data input be a priority when they have so many other critical responsibilities to students on their plates? That’s what […]
When Nurses Embrace Their Role in Data Governance, HealthCare Organizations Win
Have you ever stopped to consider the number of industries where the employees may not understand the importance of the data they record to the business’ overall operations? In the restaurant sector, for example, employees may not be particularly diligent about exactly following the processes for regularly recording the temperature of certain ingredients that go […]
Making the Case for Data Governance in Your Business
by Angela Guess Randy Bean, CEO of NewVantage Partners, recently wrote in Forbes, “I have long had an aversion to the term, ‘Data Governance.’ As one senior executive put it, ‘it sounds like ‘Data Government,’ and that can’t be good!’ For analysts and data scientists who aspire to innovation and data experimentation, governance can imply […]
Study Shows Businesses Want Information Governance, Struggle to Succeed
by Angela Guess Pedro Hernandez recently wrote in Datamation, “When it comes to information governance, the good news is that most enterprise organizations can at least grasp its significance in running a tight (and profitable) ship, according to the latest research from Veritas. The bad news is that relatively few businesses have mastered the practice. […]
Five Data Governance Trends for 2016
by Angela Guess Rex Ahlstrom recently wrote in Enterprise Apps Today, “As enterprises look into 2016, they are faced with new and continually more complex data challenges to solve across their global operations. However, evolving technologies and innovative information governance approaches are helping organizations manage their data in much more strategic ways. Let’s explore five […]
Why Quick-Fix Approaches Hurt Information Governance
by Angela Guess Rob Hamilton recently wrote in Information Management, “In a recent EMC-sponsored IDC study, the analyst firm estimated that we are doubling the size of our data every two years and by 2020 the digital universe will contain nearly as many digital bits as there are stars in the universe – 44 trillion […]