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New Industry Consortium and Think Tank on Information Governance
The Information Governance Initiative (IGI), a cross-disciplinary consortium and think tank focused on advancing information governance (IG), will launch on February 3rd, 2014.
The IGI will focus on three main activities in its effort to advance the discipline of IG:
- Research and Publishing
- Education
- Networking
The initiative is initially being led by three well-known information management experts:
- Barclay Blair – Founder and Executive Director
- Bennett Borden – Founder and Organization Chair
- Jason Baron – Co-Chair
“We believe there is a need for like-minded people to come together and find a better way to use and manage information – a forum for ideas, facts, and techniques. We need to build information literacy,“ said Barclay Blair. “That’s why we are launching the Information Governance Initiative.”
“We are launching the IGI because we believe there is a real lack of clarity in the market regarding information governance,” said Bennett Borden. “The IG workforce is nascent and management responsibility for IG is unclear or unassigned at most organizations. We want to provide a home for a cross-disciplinary discussion around IG.”
“I see the IGI’s mission as sounding a call to arms that current information practices are unsustainable in our increasingly big data world, and that IG solutions exist that better leverage new technology and smart practices. ” said Jason Baron. “Unless corporations and government agencies take more concerted actions, information overload and mismanagement may pose a serious threat to the economy and even to the justice system itself.”
Areas the IGI will seek to comprehend in the advancement of IG include:
- Business Management
- Compliance
- Data Science and Analytics
- eDiscovery
- Finance
- Information Security
- Privacy
- Records Management
- Risk Management
Initial participating members of the IGI include:
- Active Navigation
- Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Equivio
- Fontis
- HP Autonomy
- Iron Mountain
- kCura
- Nuix
- OpenText
- Recall
- Recommind
- RSD
- Tritura
- ViaLumina
- Xerox
- Zylab
Additional information and details on the IGI will be available on February 3, 2014, as part of the organization’s official announcement and website launch.
For more information, contact Barclay T. Blair, Executive Director at 866-626-2917 or barclay.blair@iginitiative.com
Check out the Information Governance Initiative Beginning February 3, 2014 at: IGInitiative.com