Sponsor: EMC
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: Sheila Childs, Gabriela Garner
Type: Audio (23 minutes)
It’s no secret that data is continuing to grow exponentially. No matter the size or industry, all companies will be faced with the challenge of data and storage management, and many with the related issues of litigation and e-discovery. The key to being prepared for the data tsunami is to truly understand the business value of your data, and to do it today. Knowing your data is the first step in an information governance strategy, and the key to better storage management. But what is information governance? How does it work with SharePoint, files, and new social media data; and most importantly, where do you start?
In this program, Research Director, Sheila Childs from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and EMC Director, Gabriella Garner, address these questions and more. Learn what information governance can do for your organization and why it’s critical to start now.
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About Gabriela Garner, Director, Product Marketing for EMC SourceOne, Information Intelligence Group, EMC Corporation
Garner is the director of product marketing in the Information Intelligence Group, a division of EMC. In her role, she is responsible for developing product marketing strategies and plans for the EMC SourceOne family of information governance products which include archiving, compliance and e-discovery.
Garner brings to EMC over 20 years of experience in the messaging and compliance markets with expertise in product management, product marketing and business development. For the past nine years, she was steeped in e-mail management, compliance and e-discovery which included seven years at ZANTAZ/Autonomy leading business development and various aspects of marketing. Garner brings strength in both start-up environments as well as established global companies. Additionally, much of her career has involved cloud solutions for messaging and compliance as well as experience in the software industry. Garner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from St. Mary’s College of California and an MBA with emphasis in Marketing from California State University, East Bay.
About Sheila Childs, Research Director, Gartner
Sheila Childs is a research director in Gartner's Storage Strategies and Technologies group focusing on information life cycle management, archiving and data protection.
Ms. Childs has 27 years of experience in the IT industry, including senior-level positions in software engineering, product management, product strategy development, product marketing, and customer services and support. She came to Gartner from EMC, where she was director of software product marketing for compliance and archiving products, including the newly launched SourceOne suite of products.
Prior to EMC, Ms. Childs held positions at Legato, OTG Software and BMC Software. In addition to expertise in compliance and archiving, Ms. Childs has extensive experience in backup and recovery. She has held multiple leadership positions in the Storage Networking Industry Association, including chairman of the board of directors from 2002 through 2004 and chair of the organization's Data Management Forum from 2004 to 2005.
