Case Study: United States County Administration achieves automated data governance and cost savings with OpenText

NetIQ Data Access Governance provides data visibility and enables storage and backup savings through automated data management

United States County Administration faced explosive data growth, with more than 150 million unstructured files and limited IT staff and budgets to manage them. The organization lacked automated data management and had little visibility into the age, value, and access rights of its data, making it difficult to apply governance and meet regulatory requirements. It turned to OpenText and its NetIQ Data Access Governance solution to address the challenge.

OpenText implemented File Reporter and File Dynamics as part of NetIQ Data Access Governance, along with workshops and training to help the county identify ROT data, analyze NTFS permissions, and automate remediation and cleanup. The result was automated, dynamic reporting, better data visibility, improved compliance, and a reduced data footprint, leading to storage and backup cost savings.