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Quality is elusive needle in shifting enterprise data haystack

[Johannesburg, 12 August 2011] - Many companies are experiencing data overload, not information overload, says Mervyn Mooi, Director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID). Information is what can be intelligently used to achieve efficiency; it is processed from data. Information - the right information, at any rate - in organisations today is actually lacking or is being ignored, even if it is found in abundance.

Overload resulting from exponential data growth and duplicated processes creates new challenges and opportunities for both IT and BI.

For example, planning for increased resource such as storage or server requirements; and strategising for integration and rationalisation of data and processes. [Full Story.]
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Quality is elusive needle in shifting enterprise data haystack

Last updated : 12 August 2011
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