The word “metadata” may have entered the public consciousness when President Obama uttered it, in response to Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency. But that does not mean it ...

"Metadata" is one of those techy buzzwords you'll frequently hear in the discourse surrounding internet privacy, storage, and social media. There's an array of applications of metadata — a few of ...

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This month, we will begin a two-part series on metadata and MXF. First, we will look at the importance of metadata to the professional media facility. Then, we will look at some of the specifics of ...

Companies spend millions of dollars to get an edge from the data they own. However, all too often their efforts are out of balance. Data is hoarded without a clear purpose, and not nearly enough time ...

Today, nobody argues about the importance of data. It is a given that data must be collected, managed, and analyzed to conduct business successfully in the modern era. But all too often the meaning of ...

When it comes to discovery of mobile devices, it’s not just the data that’s important for discovery, but also the data about the data – the metadata – that can be used to authenticate evidence, to ...