For broadcasters, metadata has evolved from a simple descriptive tag into a critical operational asset, Eduardo Martinez of StreamGuys writes.

"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 ...

To some extent, most storage systems use metadata -- all that data about data. For file-based storage systems, such as those based on NFS and SMB, the file name, date of creation, modification date ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Metadata is a quintessential part and parcel of digital data. Be it a webpage with content or a media file, all of them come with a metadata tag. The Metadata tag gives a brief introduction to the ...

Metadata related to lawful interception has been in the news a bit lately. You may have seen last week the Australian Federal Police (AFP) called for more access to electronic metadata as a Senate ...