Perhaps, just perhaps, we’ve taken Buzz Lightyear’s “to infinity and beyond” a little too seriously with our data. At least according to the recently released 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey, “infinite retention results in infinite waste.” While there may be some truth in this, the digital hoarder in me yells surely not. Either way, it brings up several questions: What data should we keep? What’s the best window for data retention, 30 days or 300 days? Is there a right answer?
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Fact or Fiction: “Infinite Retention Results in Infinite Waste.”
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Symantec Feeling the IO Pressure
Monday, April 19th, 2010Symantec’s recent announcement of its Data Insight product is a signal that the company sees an important opportunity to move up the value chain by delivering a richer set of business benefits to its customers. It’s also another indication that the industry as a whole is starting to better understand the importance of Information Optimization (IO).
According to Symantec, Data Insight “enables organizations to improve data governance through insights into the ownership and usage of unstructured data.” So, in part, their new product will be useful for their traditional risk mitigation business. If you have better insight into your data assets, you can make smarter decision about what to protect—and respond more intelligently to breaches of your information security policies.
