Information Governance (InfoGovernance) is the specification of decision rights and an accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in the valuation, creation, storage, use, archiving and deletion of information. It includes the processes, roles, standards and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of information to enable an organization to achieve its goals. Information governance should be an element in planning an enterprise's information architecture.

(Gartner Hype Cycle for Legal and Regulatory Information Governance, 2009, December 2009).

An Engagement Area (EA) is an area where the commander of a military force intends to contain and destroy an enemy force with the massed effects of all available weapons systems.

(FM 1-02, Operational Terms and Graphics, September 2004).

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Big Data Market Projected to Reach $76 Billion by 2020

By Lenny Liebmann
As data continues to proliferate exponentially, businesses of all kinds are finding it more and more worthwhile to analyze that data so they can better pinpoint market opportunities, deliver greater value to their customers and improve the efficiency of their operations. But businesses need a lot of help gathering, integrating, analyzing and monetizing data on an increasingly massive scale. That’s why technology vendors offering big data solutions are raking in an estimated $30 billion worldwide. And that revenue is projected to grow 17 percent annually to reach $76 billion by 2020, […]