95% of AI Initiatives Fail. Yours Doesn't Have To.
Event: The AI Governance Reality - Making Unstructured Data AI-Ready
Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Time: 11:00 AM ET (Eastern Time, US & Canada)
Speakers: Kyle DuPont, CEO & Alistair Jones, CTO, Ohalo
Location: Live educational webinar via Zoom
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You're Not the Problem. The Data Is.
Every day, you field another request: "Can we use AI for this?"
But here's your honest answer: "I don't know what data we have. I don't know what metadata is there. And frankly, nobody knows where our data is."
Your board asks why you can't leverage 20 years of enterprise knowledge for AI. Your business units want AI transformation yesterday. But, 70-90% of your data - contracts, research, documents, emails - sits scattered across systems with no visibility into what's actually there.
You're not lacking data. You're drowning in it. And somewhere in those petabytes are both the insights that could transform your business and the regulatory landmines that could destroy it.
Your board wants AI outcomes without understanding that you can't build on data you can't even find.
If you're a CDO, governance lead, or data manager in regulated industries, this is your reality:
- Business units looking to you for answers
- Regulators issuing guidance that changes quarterly
- 70-90% of your data sitting unclassified and ungoverned, or AI-toxic
- Pressure to enable innovation while preventing the next compliance headline
What You'll Learn in 45 Minutes
This session draws on leading industry research and Ohalo's work with enterprises in regulated sectors to share a practical roadmap for governing unstructured data and making it AI-ready.
The Framework That Changes Everything:
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Why discovery isn't enough - See why most classification efforts fail at enterprise scale
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The preparation step everyone skips - Learn what must happen before classification can work
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Classification that actually scales - Watch policy-driven automation handle millions of files
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The integration breakthrough - Discover how to connect ungoverned data to your existing platforms
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Making enforcement real - See retention and access controls work on actual unstructured data
Live Demo: Watch Data X-Ray process real enterprise chaos - thousands of ungoverned files transformed into classified, governable assets. See it run on-premises, air-gapped, with your data never leaving your control.
Your Speakers & Guides
Alistair leads Ohalo's technical architecture, focusing on building systems that can classify data at scale while maintaining security and privacy. His work enables on-premises, air-gapped deployments for regulated environments..
Kyle founded Ohalo to solve the unstructured data challenge facing enterprises. He's worked with organizations across financial services, government, and telecommunications to understand how ungoverned data blocks AI initiatives.
What You'll Take Away
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A practical five-step roadmap for governing unstructured data
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Key success metrics for tracking governance progress
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A live demo of how automation applies the roadmap
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A 90-day starter playbook to begin implementing governance
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Direct Q&A with practitioner who’ve done this
Who Should Attend
- Chief Data Officers and Deputies
- Data Governance Leaders and Managers
- Privacy and Compliance Officers
- Enterprise Architects
- Risk Management Professionals
- Data Quality Teams
- Security and Compliance Analysts
Why This Matters Now
The window for AI governance is closing fast. Regulators are shifting from guidance to enforcement, and delays compound your risk.
Interactive Q&A prioritized for the first 100 attendees.
