Metadata is a term for data that describes the attributes of another set of data. Metadata can determine much of what you encounter online, from the top search results returned in Google to the ...

About 90% of business data is unstructured and often siloed across systems, according to a Box - sponsored IDC white paper.

For legal and recordkeeping compliance, understanding and capturing metadata of your organization's online presence is essential. Metadata, in the context of websites and social media activity, is a ...

Streaming is an actively evolving technology, writes Wheatstone's Rick Bidlack, and the queen of streaming, metadata, will ...

You, as a decision maker or implementer, are frequently bombarded with the message that the data in your organization is its lifeblood. In the modern digital age, that data has immense value to your ...

To make reams of information useful, businesses need to find, organize and compare it. That’s where metadata management comes in. Jennifer Zaino is a New York-based freelance writer specializing in ...

Hidden metadata provides useful file information, but it could also endanger the privacy of your clients or employees. Microsoft Word's metadata, or document properties, stores details about files.