"Better Governance Is Crucial to Getting Value From Data"

Data is one of the most valuable resources for businesses, but extracting that value requires effective content management. According to a new Rocket Software survey of more than 500 corporate Information Technology (IT) professionals from various industries in the US, UK, and APAC regions, business data is still vastly unstructured, with 81 percent indicating that at least some of their data is considered 'dark.' Security rises to the top of organizations' concerns once they begin managing their data, but respondents note additional features that would greatly enhance content management, such as the ability to apply automation and rules-based redaction (full or partial) to protect sensitive data (62 percent), the ability to manage content types regardless of size or origin (61 percent), and having a single view of content from across multiple, disparate repositories (60 percent). According to 81 percent of respondents from larger organizations with 1,000–4,999 employees, automating their organization's current information security and compliance processes would give them a competitive advantage. This article continues to discuss key findings from Rocket Software's survey. 

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