Effective data management ‘requires several strategies’

Companies looking to improve their data management standards in terms of business intelligence need to pursue several different strategies, it has been advised.

According to IT Business Edge blogger Loraine Lawson, organisations are gradually beginning to realise that they will not be able to make use of clean and integrated data without putting in some hard work first.

She said the messages that have been put across by data management experts appear to be getting through to businesses.

"It’s no big secret among data practitioners that if you want better information, data deduplication, cleansing, quality, governance and integration are all critical components," Ms Lawson stated.

Earlier this week, an article published on the Technology Evaluation website explained ineffective data management practices can cause problems down the line for companies.

These can include issues with inventory control and order processing, as well as increased data errors affecting an organisation’s bottom line.