Control over unstructured data improves management, governance

Controlling unstructured data using metadata and a data management system improves the management and use of unstructured data in companies, while also reducing risks, says data management specialist company Soarsoft International director Chris Hathaway. Metadata provides information about data. It is used to categorise vast amounts of unstructured data, often stored in a myriad of repositories or cloud services that comprise a company’s information technology (IT) environment.