IDG Contributor Network: Aligning strategy with data management

Over time many organizations have developed a piecemeal approach to their IT management. Applications are developed or acquired as needed. Over several years this can lead to data silos, incompatible applications, and inconsistent insight into data. In many cases, organizations add data sources as needed and expand or limit access accordingly. Over years this can lead to dozens of applications and data stores that do not integrate with one another. Consequently, if organizations do not align th