The word “metadata” may have entered the public consciousness when President Obama uttered it, in response to Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency. But that does not mean it ...

Metadata isn’t sexy. It doesn’t even sound vaguely sexy. It’s certainly not as chic as “immersive design” or “rich media”, and no industry event has ever given away a ‘Best Use of Metadata’ award.

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 ...

Organizations often grow into metadata problems, rather than out of them. IT departments invest time and effort into data management to ensure data quality, security and availability. These practices ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Every phone call, text message, even activated cell phones, leaves a trail of data across a network. In many cases this data is aggregated with other data and metadata including social media, web ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you connect to a website or open an app, you're not just sending the information you intentionally share. Every interaction also generates metadata—details like your IP address, approximate ...