After a nearly ten-month-long preview and years of limping along with the underpowered Azure Data Catalog service, Microsoft is finally entering the data governance prime time today, with general ...

Today is a pretty big day for advanced analytics on the Azure cloud, marked by a virtual event titled "Shape Your Future with Azure Data and Analytics," which will feature Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

As businesses gather, store and analyze an ever-increasing amount of data, tools for helping them discover, catalog, track and manage how that data is shared are also becoming increasingly important.

Data is valuable. It’s the lifeblood of a modern business, underpinning everything you do. That means you need to control it, if only to stay compliant with regulations and to avoid hefty fines after ...

Organisations worldwide are generating vast volumes of data on a daily basis – and there’s no sign of a slowdown. In fact, according to research by Statista, global data creation is projected to grow ...

The company also announced general availability for the Azure Synapse data warehousing and analytics service. Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a “unified data governance service” as part of its Azure ...

Data classification is an essential pre-requisite to data protection, security and compliance. Firms need to know where their data is and the types of data they hold. Organisations also need to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chief Analyst & CEO, NAND Research. Data governance and security are top-level concerns for nearly every enterprise, made more ...

GDPR and CCPA brought home to many businesses the realization that if you don't know what data you have, where it's stored, who's got access to it and where it's being moved to, you are accepting an ...