With an overwhelming amount of structured and unstructured data and many organizations struggling to keep up, mismanaging this data can lead to a number of problems.

This white paper examines the benefits of information governance tools. By leveraging tools such as IBM’s InfoShpere Information Server, you will be able to:

• Define a common business language to reduce communication between business and IT
• Understand data and data relationships to gain a complete picture before beginning a project
• Analyze and monitor data quality to reduce the proliferation of incorrect or inconsistent data
• Cleanse, standardize and match information to ensure quality and consistency
• And maintain data lineage to end users can trace data back to original sources.