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 ...

"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 ...

For broadcasters, metadata has evolved from a simple descriptive tag into a critical operational asset, Eduardo Martinez of StreamGuys writes.

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 ...

When we talk and write about IT issues, we use certain words to mean many different things: “Platform,” “architecture,” and “integration” are among the worst offenders. But the most overloaded term in ...

Mountains of data are being collected on you, and much of it is beyond your grasp. kris krüg/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND With the Senate passing the Federal Government’s data retention bill last week, there ...

Metadata related to lawful interception has been in the news a bit lately. You may have seen last week the Australian Federal Police (AFP) called for more access to electronic metadata as a Senate ...

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 ...

Michael B. de Leeuw and Eric A. Hirsch of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson argue that, given the substantive changes to the Model Rules and Rules of Professional Conduct and the matured ...

Twitter’s full data stream–their “firehose”–is a very detailed thing. Access to raw tweet upon raw tweet lets brands know what customers think and allows first responders to instantly tabulate ...