Corporate Governance of IT

The increased importance of information and data processing and the virtualization of many vital business processes has produced an immense amount of data. Masses of data which need to be managed in every organisation – but how to approach this challenge?

In the last few years, several new disciplines have popped up. Buzzwords like Enterprise Content Management (ECM) , Content Management (CM), Document Management (DM) Knowledge Management and Records Management (RM) even BPI (Business Process Integration) pop up when talking about managing data.  They have different names  and different meanings, but aim at the same spot: A better management of documents, data and information in your organisation.  That's why we call it INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (IM).  An important aspect of IM is INFORMATION GOVERNANCE, the way how you can control all your information in the organization.

But what should it look like?

This article gives a quick overview and some definitions.

See also our Information Governance Conference in the Main Menu Section.