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Ability to Mine Data Major Major Roadblock, Says PricewaterhouseCoopers Survey

Industry Statistics published in DM Direct Special Report
October 31, 2006 Issue

By DM Review Editorial Staff

These findings are from interviews with 107 top executives of large, U.S.-based multinational businesses, for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Management Barometer.

Although many senior executives see potentially high value in the data in their company's information systems, less than half say their organization has been effective at converting it to usable knowledge, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Management Barometer survey, released today. Major roadblocks include a limited ability to "mine" or interpret the data, competing corporate priorities and the lack of a clearly articulated data strategy.

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