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3 Steps To Help Ensure Data Is Managed And Stored Correctly

Published on 02 April 16
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Each and every business has different types of data that they need to store. It does not matter if the companies sell similar products or if the data itself is similar, it is all different in some way. Some businesses have structured data and some have unstructured data, but most contain a variety that falls into one of these two categories. Today, the decision on how to store data is typically between building solutions, using cloud data or finding data management solutions to fit the size of their data. Formation Data Systems offers big data management solutions for companies that need the bigger sets of data. The common day cloud solutions do not offer full control over their data, leaving the alternative to building it on bare metal. Enterprise storage for big data management offers the flexibility of cloud while still allowing companies to control bigger data sets. There are simple steps you can follow in order to know what type of data storage solutions is right for your organization, and to ensure all data is protected and easily retrievable.


1. Know What You Are Storing
You need to know what type of data you are storing. Each and every business contains different data, and not all data is created equally. It is important that you understand what value the data holds for your business in order to be able to decide on a storage strategy that best fits your needs. In order to decide how important each data is to your company, think about how soon you will need it back if the data was lost, how urgent is having data at your fingertips when you need it, how long do you keep this type of data, and whether or not there are security guidelines in place.


2. Unstructured Data is Data Too
Don’t just focus on structured data, because unstructured data is important as well. Semi-structured and unstructured data could come from places like email servers or network file systems. You might want to consider combining this type of data with the structured data, if possible. If this is something you want to do, look into data management platforms that will allow combinations of the different types of data.


3. Data Should Be Secure
Any It environment requires you to take security and make it your number one priority. The data does not just need to be virtually secure, but physically secure as well. It’s a good idea to encrypt your data so that if someone else ever comes in contact with it, that does not need to be in contact with it, they cannot use it in any way. It’s also a good idea to store encrypted data in away from the office or company building.


The most important thing to look at when trying to find a data solution is that your solution should fit your data. You should not have to modify your data in order to ensure it fits with the strategy you have chosen, instead you should choose a strategy that already works for the type of data your company has. You want to make sure that you have flexibility and control of your data while storing it in a safe and secure location.

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