by VAST | Jul 15, 2017 | Infrastructure, Transformation
Almost every company is now working on a digital transformation. This means that data is no longer just a by-product of business processes. The generated data informs smart business decisions, supports new product development, and in some cases becomes a product...
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 25, 2017 | Professional Services, Transformation
Making copies of data has its benefits. Copies offer protection in case data is corrupted or lost, and copies let developers test new code on real data without putting the production database in danger. If copies were deleted when they were no longer needed, the...
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....
