ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quest Software, a global systems management, data protection and security software provider, in collaboration with ESG (Enterprise Strategy Group), today released the 2024 State of Data Intelligence Report, an annual report highlighting the critical role data intelligence plays in unlocking value, optimizing resources, and building resilient, data-driven enterprises.
As 2024 has been a transformative year for data intelligence with organizations adapting to the growing demands of AI, this year has also brought AI data readiness and operational efficiencies to the forefront as businesses move to democratize data access while safeguarding against emerging risk and regulatory compliance needs.
The 2024 State of Data Intelligence Report provides IT and business leaders in enterprise-level organizations with the guidance and benchmarking needed to inform their technology choices, work process and practices, and overall strategy for successfully executing data intelligence initiatives.
Key findings from the report include:
The report also revealed that 36% more organizations believe they have a clearly articulated data intelligence strategy in comparison to last year. The top three data intelligence strategy priorities include increasing the strategic use of high-value data (38%), enriching data quality (38%), and developing and strengthening data and governance practices for future AI use (34%).
“Organizations are seeing the business returns of focusing time and investment in data intelligence programs when a clearly articulated data intelligence strategy is in place,” said Stephen Catanzano, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. “The challenge for organizations today is to balance their attention between getting more business value from reliable data right now while at the same time laying the groundwork to reduce the risk from and accelerate value from future AI use.”
When specifically asked about managing key components of data intelligence programs, including data mapping, data lineage and data policies, organizations reported governing the use of AI models and data as the most difficult management challenge. AI governance topped the list with metadata management — a key component of AI data readiness — rising by 21% year over year. Data quality monitoring, data quality remediation, data profiling and quality scoring, and data policies and control rounded out the top six challenges organizations are currently grappling with in the AI era.
“The fundamentals of data intelligence such as strong metadata management, data modeling, data lineage, integrated data quality and business-supporting governance, visibility and accessibility to high-value, trusted data are non-negotiables today,” according to Bharath Vasudevan, VP of Product Management at Quest Software. “They are proving to be the difference makers in succeeding in this era of greater business self-service and ensuring your data will be an asset.”
To download the full 2024 Quest State of Data Intelligence Report, please visit https://www.erwin.com/analyst-report/the-state-of-data-intelligence-2024/ .
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Methodology
The research was conducted between June 6, 2024, and July 3, 2024, among 220 business and IT professionals responsible for and/or familiar with data governance, data management, and data operations strategies, initiatives, objectives, and/or technology implementations at their organizations. All the respondents represented the organizations with 1,000 or more employees and $100M+ in annual revenue.
About Quest Software
Quest creates software solutions that make the benefits of new technology real in an increasingly complex IT landscape. Quest helps customers solve their next IT challenge, from maximizing the value of their data to Active Directory and Office 365 management, and cybersecurity resilience. Around the globe, more than 130,000 companies and 95% of the Fortune 500 count on Quest to become data empowered, deliver proactive management and monitoring for the next enterprise initiative, find the next solution for complex Microsoft challenges, and stay ahead of the next threat. Quest Software. Where next meets now. For more information, visit www.quest.com
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