A recent Gresham survey of over 100 CFOs in Financial Services underlines exactly how vital a data governance strategy is for organisations contemplating digital transformation. The survey download is highly recommended reading for anyone contemplating stalled projects or developing future plans. There are a number of key takeaways which support our own views: If you…
People like to blame data, but business issues due to underlying data problems speak to wider concerns about how data is valued and managed. Is the data in your company regarded as infrastructure? If not, then some of the following may be business challenges your organisation will experience. Issue Consequence Data breach. A data breach…
When it comes to organisational metadata, there is a blindspot! A core objective for marketing is to make sure their organisation stands out from the digital crowd. Most organisations and their marketing departments understand that in order to be ‘found’ by search engines, they need to regard the holy grail of search engine optimisation (SEO)…
Increasingly, dominating the digital space – as well as the physical one – is now a priority for ambitious brands. Extending the ecosystem, which relies on the controlled but free flow of data within it, is about enlarging the digital corporate footprint. Those who dominate will take the compute as close as possible to the…
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Two weeks after the May 25th GDPR deadline passed, at least 75% of businesses likely to be non-compliant. Sector performance So far, surprisingly, only 10% of the legal sector seemed to be heading in the right direction, and 0% of the health sector – who both, of course, hold highly sensitive data, particularly the latter.…
May 25th GDPR deadline passed but 82% of businesses appear to be non-compliant. Opt-in on web contact form. 42% of this sample, did not have an opt-in box on their web contact form – and 18% had avoided having a web contact form altogether. Privacy Notice 22% had omitted to have the required Privacy Notice.…