by VAST | Aug 1, 2017 | Professional Services, Security, Transformation
Some studies show that companies don’t know what half the data they store is. That means they can’t use it to generate insights that support the business, potentially costing them growth opportunities. Now, with the new General Data Protection Regulation...
by VAST | Jul 27, 2017 | Professional Services, Security
Next year brings a major new compliance regime into effect in the European Union. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be effective starting May 2018. The regulation places strict rules around the collection, usage, and protection of personal data, with...
by VAST | Jul 1, 2017 | Governance, Professional Services, Security, Transformation
Companies are drowning in data today. Data lakes pull in all kinds of data to preserve it for later analysis, including unstructured data, like comments in user forums, which would have previously been discarded. In many cases, big data projects start as small...
by VAST | Jun 18, 2017 | Infrastructure, Security, Transformation
Hyperconverged infrastructure can help companies reduce their costs and simplify management of their data center. One of the ways it does this is due to built-in support for high availability and data protection. These systems typically provide a range of features...
by VAST | May 16, 2017 | Professional Services, Security, Transformation
Effective data governance requires understanding your data so you can apply the right usage policies, the right access controls, and the right retention strategies. The onslaught of data accumulation most businesses face these days, including an increasing quantity of...
by VAST | May 9, 2017 | Professional Services, Security, Transformation
For some companies, establishing data governance policies is driven by compliance with regulatory mandates. For other companies, it’s the realization that success with “big data” is only possible if the data being analyzed is complete and consistent....
