That's one of the challenges of getting stuff out of an archive or compliance or regulatory system—figuring out what your goal is and getting through all these massive tons of data. There are all of these different repositories in a corporation, and a lot of times they aren't unified with some kind of search system. Therefore, the real issue is retrieving the data, when needed, from the cloud, from servers, from cassettes, even from cabinets.

• Unstructured Data Goes Into SharePoint
• Data Inside A Workflow
• Unstructured Data In One Place

Think about your company’s data elements: your customers, prospects, leads, contacts, projects, proposals, sales, emails, and meetings. Then there’s your online data, such as e-commerce transactions and social media. Your company may even have more.

Managing, tracking, and maintaining all of this data can be daunting for a small business. Frequently, multiple systems are storing and tracking the different pieces of information. So how do you piece them together to make sound—and profitable—decisions for your business?