Last year, I undertook the process of ripping my 700+ CD collection to disk. The proper categorization and tagging is a major part of this effort, and fortunately tools like iTunes support looking up ...

When it comes to managing data, we need to know where it is – but we also need to know what it is. With the rise in regulatory controls, enterprises now pay more attention to data sovereignty, ...

Info-Tech Research Group has released a new resource to help organizations tackle the growing challenges of data discovery ...

CIOs and IT directors working on any project that involves data in any way are always more likely to succeed when the organisation has a clear view of the data it holds. Increasingly, organisations ...

EMC Corp. this week brought out software that it said can help users manage unstructured files. The new tool can help users in efforts to comply with government regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ...

For all the time that storage managers spend worrying about safeguarding their organization's data, many of them know little about the objects of their obsession. They usually know how much total data ...

In an era where sensitive data is a prime target for cyberattacks and compliance violations, effective data classification is the critical first step in safeguarding information. Recognizing the ...

With constant regulatory scrutiny and data breaches on the rise, companies of all industries and sizes are under pressure to get their data management and security strategies in tip-top shape. Yet, an ...

Spatial classification is a well-defined analysis method in geography, which involves defining regions of the Earth based on shared characteristics. An analogy can be made between classification in ...