I am attending the IBM Smart Governance Conference this week. This is my second Governance Council meeting and I am thrilled to see that Council has evolved to look at governance not only from a data perspective, but now understands that unstructured information is equally important to a good governance program.
The discussions this week have centered around the fact that decisions are based on both structured and unstructured information. The need to insure that this information is accurate is critical to making good decisions. A sound governance program will address the policies and procedures required to insure that the information maintains its integrity and authenticity so that the users of the information can be assured that the information is reliable and can be used to drive the business direction.
