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I L T A W H I T E P A P E R | I N F O R M A T I O N G O V E R N E N C E 64 IG Strate is Business Strate Information governance (IG) strate is business strate. Period. This is a profound change from a few years ago when many were not even familiar with the term. The amount of data we are generating — of which current estimates hover at about 2.5 quintillion bytes every day — has made it so. This pace of data accumulation will only continue; organizations can either 'ride' the wave or be consumed by it — and the difference between these two outcomes will be driven by information governance Nirvana. IG Nirvana occurs when organizations are able to organize, access and manage their information to enable them to leverage IG processes and policies—and then (here's the kicker) optimize it to be a driver of business strate and innovation. Unfortunately, we are stymied at stage 1: we are challenged even to organize our data. Our current processes and technologies are not up to the task, and so we fill the gaps with manual efforts. This is not how we want to position IG; it's a broken system — and will be even more 'broken' tomorrow as data volumes and types increase beyond our reach. On top of the problem of sheer volume is a troublesome mix of old data and new data types. There's a lot of ROT (redundant, outdated or trivial data) creating drag and obfuscation around our manual-laden processes, and there's a lot of new data types being created in new applications including disruptive cloud applications, and most of which are created in siloed repositories; and of course, there is B Y L E I G H I S A A C S A N D H A R S H S U TA R I A Information Governance Nirvana Is Real, and It's a Game-Changer

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