The Importance of Data Management
Data management is the process of developing and enforcing processes, policies and procedures for handling data throughout its entire lifecycle. It ensures that data is useful and accessible, which facilitates compliance with regulations, and facilitates informed decision-making. The importance of effective data management has grown significantly as organizations automate their business processes, leverage software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and deploy data warehouses, among other initiatives. The result is a proliferation of data that needs to be consolidated, and then delivered to…