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).

Friday, December 19, 2014

The Cloud in 2015: Predictions from Greylock and Sequoia

By Kamal Shah
It’s always fun (and a bit humbling) to look back at predictions for the current year to see which were spot on and which missed the mark. In reexamining our own predictions for 2014 , several came to fruition in full effect: “The rise of SMACS,” “Enterprises regain control of encryption keys,” and “Data security re-emerges.” Other transformations are underway but not quite complete: “Unencrypted data will start to disappear” and “IT stops blocking cloud services over outdated risks.” One prediction sets itself apart as the defining IT trend of 2014: “The rush to adopt cloud services will drown […]