data governance

7 Data Governance Mistakes to Avoid

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Research director Crystal Singh discusses the 7 data governance mistakes to avoid in this CIO Magazine article.

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IT Busininess: Autonomy and HP's 10.3 billion reasons to like big data

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(21-Feb-2012) Former CEO Léo Apotheker may have left Hewlett-Packard Co. . (NYSE: HPQ), but his US$10.3 billion acquisition of Autonomy remains, and last week at HP's global partner conference, Autonomy founder CEO Mike Lynch gave partners their first taste of what Apotheker was so keen on....

Lynch, who remains with HP as executive vice-president of information management, said the key IT trends in 2012 will be around social media, big data, cloud computing, governance and mobility.

Beauty and the BaaS: Backup simplicity is gone, and what it means for data protection

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From optimization to preservation; from governance to locality – success with integrating a platform will be complicated. Here’s your checklist

Instead of keeping all of our data centrally in a lovingly crafted – and expensive – bespoke repository, we started keeping it here, there, and everywhere, like so much loose change.Then an era of new, non-infrastructure data owners sprung up.

IT World Canada: RSA debuts GRC Consultancy program

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(2-March-2012) SAN FRANCISCO -- RSA has launched a new Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory Service to help businesses of any size in figure out where they need to beef up security or address compliance issues. Mat Allen, senior director of the security and risk management consulting...

(2-March-2012) SAN FRANCISCO -- RSA has launched a new Governance, Risk and Compliance Advisory Service to help businesses of any size in figure out where they need to beef up security or address compliance issues.

Federal Computer Week: Agencies seek to secure mobile access to government network resources

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(6-May-2012) In one corner are government executives who want more flexible, mobile computing options that allow access to the data and applications needed to perform their jobs and deliver government services. In the other corner are government IT administrators, who are focused on meeting...

(6-May-2012) In one corner are government executives who want more flexible, mobile computing options that allow access to the data and applications needed to perform their jobs and deliver government services.

What You Need to Know About China’s Personal Information Protection Law

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Principal research director Alan Tang discusses what you need to know about China's Personal Information Protection Law in this CMSWire article.

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3 Ways End Users Think Upstart ECM Vendors Can Differentiate From Industry Stalwarts

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Info-Tech Research Group’s research director Andrea Malick writes a guest post on how upcoming ECM vendors can differentiate themselves and stand out, helping businesses achieve essential goals. 3 Ways End Users Think Upstart ECM Vendors Can Differentiate From Industry Stalwarts.

Public CIO - Application Consolidation - Where the Real Savings Is

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(27-Jun-11) As CIOs work through the thorny issues involved in consolidating IT hardware and personnel, another challenge appears on the horizon: dealing with the “application bloat” that has built up within agencies over the years. In 2009, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick issued an...

The enterprise applications, those that are statewide or public-facing, are being shifted to the public safety data center.

Why Digital Transformation Efforts Should Start With Content Management

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Two decades ago the small Republic of Estonia in Northern Europe began its journey to become the most advanced digital society in the world, where 99% of government services are available online and 98% of Estonians have ID cards providing access to all of Estonia’s e-services — minus the red tape.

IT Business: Data Encryption Seldom Used by Canadian Businesses

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(13-May-2012) Nearly half of Canadian businesses that handle customers' personal information in digital form fail to use appropriate tools and practices to protect sensitive data, according to a survey commissioned by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. In a poll that covered...

(13-May-2012) Nearly half of Canadian businesses that handle customers' personal information in digital form fail to use appropriate tools and practices to protect sensitive data, according to a survey commissioned by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Blockchain's Promise for Enterprise Content Management

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Research director Andrea Malick discusses blockchain's promise for enterprise content management in this CMSWire article.

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Small Business Computing - 10 Cloud Computing Security Tips for Small Businesses

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(8-Mar-11) Cloud computing can represent a net gain in data security and system reliability – especially for small businesses with aging computers and data stored on hard drives that rarely -- if ever -- experience a back up. But that doesn’t mean you can take security and reliability for...

Identify and Assign Value to Assets Assets could be include applications such as customer relationship management (CRM) or accounting; data, including private customer information; or infrastructure such as hosted servers and operating systems.

ITWorld Canada - The difference between searching and finding

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(9-Nov-10) There’s a disconnect in how data is viewed in the business because while Canadian execs demand more and faster access to data, they don’t see data as anything more than a mere consequence of doing business. A new global study by Seattle, Wash.-based software vendor Avanade Inc....

A new global study by Seattle, Wash.-based software vendor Avanade Inc. found that 81 per cent of respondents complained of lack of fast access to information to do their jobs, yet “at the same time, they’re saying, ‘Its somewhat strategic,’” said Dean Olmstead, senior vice-president of Avanade’s Canadian operations.

Data Privacy and Data Security Are Not the Same

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​Ever since the September 2017 Equifax data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million Americans, and the many other high-profile data breaches that have happened since, data security and data privacy have become pressing boardroom-level concerns.

Ever since the September 2017 Equifax data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million Americans, and the many other high-profile data breaches that have happened since, data security and data privacy have become pressing boardroom-level concerns."

Key IT Asset Management (ITAM) Strategies in a Cloud World

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IT Asset Management (ITAM) is an easily forgotten activity amid the abstraction of digital transformation and cloud. This article by Jimmy Tom, Director of Research Advisory at Info-Tech Research Group, examines key strategies to not only get a handle on ITAM, but also operationalize it by...

No need to worry about servers, hardware footprint, power consumption, or cooling of data center hardware.

IT World Canada - How Canada can thwart another foreign cyber attack

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(17-Feb-11) While a cyber attack similar to the one that compromised three key federal departments will almost certainly happen again, the damage can be limited if the government acts to break down technology silos and implement selective two-factor authentication measures, according to...

(17-Feb-11)  While a cyber attack similar to the one that compromised three key federal departments will almost certainly happen again, the damage can be limited if the government acts to break down technology silos and implement selective two-factor authentication measures, according to Canadian security experts.The attack, which reportedly originated from computers in China, targeted economic data in the federal Finance department, Treasury Board, and Defence Research and Development Canada, CBC News said Thursday.

CDN - Know when to hold it, know when to Shred it

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(23-Feb-11) Data that is most likely to be stolen are information that has the highest commercial value, according to James Quin, lead research analyst for Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ont. He said information typically falls into two buckets – intellectual property and...

(23-Feb-11)  Data that is most likely to be stolen are information that has the highest commercial value, according to James Quin, lead research analyst for Info-Tech Research Group in London, Ont.  

The Globe and Mail: Never deleting anything doesn't mean it's protected

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(16-May-2012) In this electronic world, keeping documents and records should be simple. It’s all there on our computers, easily searched and retrieved. But proper record-keeping isn’t always easy. Compatibility issues mean electronic documents aren’t necessarily there when you want them....

Globe and Mail - Data dive reveals an ocean of trends

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(23-Apr-10) Turning masses of data into actionable information is a constant challenge for companies of all sizes, but when you're a small business in a highly competitive marketplace, it's even more critical to keep on top of trends. You can struggle with spreadsheets and go with your gut...

Wikipedia defines BI as “computer-based techniques used in spotting, digging-out, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products or departments or associated costs and incomes.

How DataOps architecture benefits your analytics strategy

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How DataOps architecture benefits your analytics strategy

According to a recent Forrester Research blog, only 20% of raw business and operational data makes it into analytical databases and applications.