Classification is the process of systematically organizing information to improve managing, storing, and accessing information overtime. A classification plan is a tool that departments can create to ...

Let’s face it. Managing data in the enterprise is a messy endeavor. I have yet to see an organization that has a 100% handle on where data should live, how it should be used, protected, consumed, etc.

The Windows File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) is new to the first release candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2, which was made available last month and is due to be released in October. FCI is a ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Classify data on Windows Servers and use automated storage location and retention policies to comply with business and regulatory requirements. While many businesses work with SharePoint Server to ...

Managing data storage is ever more complex. IT teams have to wrestle with local, direct-attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage and cloud storage volumes. They might be ...

Data classification is "like eating an elephant," according to Michael Masterson, IT manager at a Fortune 500 life sciences company that's in the middle of a data classification project. "Don't get ...