Information governance continues to be the main area of focus for our customers. The growth of complex, diverse data from multiple sources can make governance more difficult. At the same time, growing business reliance on data and analytics creates demands on systems to deliver more data faster, whether it is well governed or not. This leads to more opportunities for data to be used incorrectly, often resulting in critical errors in business reporting, compliance and other key data-centric business functions.

In its predictions for 2015, Gartner comments that “The rise of data discovery, access to multi-structured data, data preparation tools and smart capabilities will further democratize access to analytics and stress the need for governance.”