Data Management

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What Does Data Management Mean?

Data management refers to an organization’s management of information and data for secure and structured access and storage.

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Data management tasks include the creation of data governance policies, analysis and architecture; database management system (DMS) integration; data security and data source identification, segregation and storage.

Techopedia Explains Data Management

Data management encompasses a variety of different techniques that facilitate and ensure data control and flow from creation to processing, utilization and deletion. Data management is implemented through a cohesive infrastructure of technological resources and a governing framework that define the administrative processes used throughout the life cycle of data.

It is a huge area, and this really is just an over-arching term for an entire segment of IT.

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