"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 ...

Metadata has been a popular topic for several years, but in many cases, the discussions have fallen short. Frequently, the topic of preserving metadata during file transfer is discussed, but this use ...

Metadata isn't like the regular data we know – but the key differences between the two can be hard to figure out. To put it simply, though, metadata is often referred to as data that sorts and ...

Today, nobody argues about the importance of data. It is a given that data must be collected, managed, and analyzed to conduct business successfully in the modern era. But all too often the meaning of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Metadata seems to be talked about a lot more now. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, mentioned it five times since 2018 on earnings calls. In 2024's call, he called it out 26 times. So what is the ...