<s>
Dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
is	O
data	O
which	O
is	O
acquired	O
through	O
various	O
computer	O
network	O
operations	O
but	O
not	O
used	O
in	O
any	O
manner	O
to	O
derive	O
insights	O
or	O
for	O
decision	O
making	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
of	O
an	O
organisation	O
to	O
collect	O
data	O
can	O
exceed	O
the	O
throughput	O
at	O
which	O
it	O
can	O
analyse	B-General_Concept
the	I-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
industrial	O
context	O
,	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
can	O
include	O
information	O
gathered	O
by	O
sensors	O
and	O
telematics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organizations	O
retain	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
for	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
reasons	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
estimated	O
that	O
most	O
companies	O
are	O
only	O
analyzing	O
1%	O
of	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
organizations	O
believe	O
that	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
could	O
be	O
useful	O
to	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
once	O
they	O
have	O
acquired	O
better	O
analytic	O
and	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
to	O
process	O
the	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professor	O
David	O
Hand	O
of	O
Imperial	O
College	O
London	O
also	O
uses	O
the	O
term	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
data	O
that	O
are	O
missing	O
:	O
Dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
are	O
data	O
you	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
"	O
very	O
often	O
refers	O
to	O
data	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
amenable	O
to	O
computer	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
the	O
bare	O
text	O
in	O
such	O
documents	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
without	O
something	O
like	O
Optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
vary	O
greatly	O
in	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
the	O
reason	O
that	O
business	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
their	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
is	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
resources	O
it	O
would	O
take	O
and	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
having	O
that	O
data	O
analysed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Computer	O
Weekly	O
,	O
60%	O
of	O
organisations	O
believe	O
that	O
their	O
own	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
reporting	O
capability	O
is	O
"	O
inadequate	O
"	O
and	O
65%	O
say	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
"	O
somewhat	O
disorganised	O
content	O
management	O
approaches	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Useful	O
data	O
may	O
become	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
after	O
it	O
becomes	O
irrelevant	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
processed	O
fast	O
enough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Datamation	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
storage	O
environments	O
of	O
EMEA	O
organizations	O
consist	O
of	O
54	O
percent	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
,	O
32	O
percent	O
redundant	O
,	O
obsolete	O
and	O
trivial	O
data	O
and	O
14	O
percent	O
business-critical	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
continuous	O
storage	O
of	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
can	O
put	O
an	O
organisation	O
at	O
risk	O
,	O
especially	O
if	O
this	O
data	O
is	O
sensitive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
that	O
as	O
more	O
advanced	O
computing	O
systems	O
for	O
analysis	O
of	O
data	O
are	O
built	O
,	O
the	O
higher	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
will	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
course	O
,	O
this	O
includes	O
data	O
that	O
is	O
currently	O
considered	O
"	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
"	O
since	O
there	O
are	O
not	O
enough	O
resources	O
to	O
process	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
advancements	O
are	O
helping	O
to	O
leverage	O
this	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
affordably	O
,	O
thanks	O
to	O
young	O
and	O
innovative	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Datumize	O
,	O
Veritas	O
or	O
Lucidworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
many	O
organisations	O
do	O
not	O
realise	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
dark	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
right	O
now	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
in	O
healthcare	O
and	O
education	O
organisations	O
deal	O
with	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
could	O
create	O
a	O
significant	O
"	O
potential	O
to	O
service	O
students	O
and	O
patients	O
in	O
the	O
manner	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
consumer	O
and	O
financial	O
services	O
pursue	O
their	O
target	O
population	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
