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Data Digest: Good Data Organization Pays Off Big, Pervasive BI Needs Governance, and Keep IT Up to Date

Keep IT staff trained, your data organized, and data access under control.

• July 2, 2015

Boost BI Benefits by Expanding Data Access
(Source: Baseline Magazine)

A great IT team may extract insight from big data, but that’s only helpful if the insight is shared throughout your enterprise.  That’ll require governance.

Organizing Data Well Proves Profitable, Study Says
(Source: The VAR Guy)

The latest study from IDC and Iron Mountain reveals that enterprises that organize their data storage systems will make, on average, $10 million more than disorganized enterprises. Although the archives of most enterprises’ databases are overlooked for business analysis, they can be used for great profit.

Continual Professional Development a Must for IT
(Source: Information Age)

In all fields, employees must be kept up-to-date with the latest knowledge.  IT is no different. In fact, it is more important for IT staff to be continually trained because of rapid tech changes.  That’s why investing in continual professional development for your IT staff is vital.

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Quint Turner is an editorial intern at TDWI and an undergraduate English student at Skidmore College. Follow his blog at pungry.com.