Govern both structured and unstructured data

IBM InfoSphere® Information Governance Catalog is a web-based tool that allows you to explore, understand and analyze information. You can create, manage and share a common business language, document and enact policies and rules, and track data lineage. Combine with IBM Watson® Knowledge Catalog to leverage existing curated data sets and extend your on-premises Information Governance Catalog investment to the cloud. A knowledge catalog allows you to put collected metadata into the hands of knowledge workers so data science and analytics communities can get easy access to the best assets for their purpose while still adhering to enterprise governance requirements.

Features

• Search, visually explore and better understand data
• Deliver well-defined and governed data
• Visualize data flow across the information landscape
• Establish data ownership and documentation
• Establish common classifications and language
• Enhance governance processes with standardization rules
• Monitor and report metrics and adoption of governance

Benefits

• **Understand the meaning of your data: **
• Provides a common business language and vocabulary to enable a deeper understanding of all your data assets — structured, semi-structured and unstructured.
• **Establish a governance framework: **Documents governance policies and enacts rules to help you define how information should be structured, stored, transformed and moved.
• **Explore data lineage: **Enables you to understand how data flows across the information landscape, helping you track where data was sourced from or being consumed. Allows you to develop trust and confidence in such data.
• **Benefit from the cloud: **Helps you move to the cloud without the need for an on-premises environment and reduces your administration costs.