Data Governance – The IT Garbageman

Keeping Archived Data Compliant

The challenges of meeting data destruction and localization regulations for archived application data.

How to protect your data when negotiating a SaaS contract

Any time data needs to be archived there is a failure of data governance.

Why database backups are not a sustainable substitute for an archiving process.

Should a Product Owner retain direct access to archived data? Centralized archived data management versus broad access.

Setting standards for what can be archived and who can access the data will save money and headaches down the line.

The pitfalls of keeping old systems around “just in case” and the birth of zombie apps

How to retire ownerless applications in a controlled and compliant manner

Imagine spending our time and money on building value, not cleaning up old messes …

“What is dead may never die” … the creation of zombie apps, and making sure you don’t end up holding the undead baby