SAP has announced updates to its enterprise information management (EIM) portfolio to offer improved support for cloud and Big Data environments, enhancements for more self-service capabilities, and support for governing enterprise information.

To help companies improve the way they govern their data, the latest release of SAP  Information Steward offers the ability to monitor compliance with information policies defined in the tool. Users receive notifications of and can take immediate action to remedy data quality issues.

The new version of  Information Steward also adds the ability to view data lineage and impact analysis for Hadoop data sources, delivering confidence in decision making since the data origin is transparent.

In support of Big Data environments, enterprises can now read and load data from HPE Vertica and process Microsoft Outlook data files to gain insights from messages, calendar events and archived items.

"Data is the fuel of a digital economy, and in order to be successful and competitive, organizations must recognize the importance of investing in an information governance program," said Stewart Bond, research director of the Data Integration Software service at IDC. "Through this, organizations can ensure the usefulness and trustworthiness of their data.”