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, September 5, 2014

Three Mission-Critical Applications of Big Data in Oil, Gas

By John Ebeling, Roy Lowrance and Walter McGuigan
Major players in the oil and gas industry, particularly oilfield services companies, understand that Big Data analytics can provide valuable insights that will help make exploration, production, manufacturing, and global operations more streamline, safe, and efficient. Leaders in the industry are already implementing Big Data solutions into their everyday operations and reaping the rewards of this long-term investment.   As more and more oilfield services companies are committing to investing [...]