CHAPTER 1The State of Information Management
What is infoglut?
Infoglut is information overload. It is the inability to find what you need. It is skyrocketing storage costs, even when storage is getting cheaper. It is not knowing where to find authoritative information assets. It is the risk of not being able to find those assets at the instant they are needed by customers, employees, and auditors. It is too much data, and too few tools to manage it.
Infoglut is the inevitable byproduct of our digital world, compounded by Internet applications and Web 2.0 technologies. In a world where anybody can create e-mail, Web sites, digital photos, instant messages, or Microsoft Office documents, it’s only a matter of time before everyone is overwhelmed. ...
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