handled correctly. The idea that data is
an asset is finally becoming mainstream.”
That level of care must be present
from the beginning, or else the whole
project will be built on shaky foundations.
Hiu says: “we advise companies to
identify and classify their information
streams appropriately. They must
ask where data will be stored, what
type of data will they be acquiring, and
whether it will be sales data, employee
time logs, or IoT assets? Data manage-
ment solutions can save significant
amounts of time here via automating
these processes, but its vital IT decision-
makers determine the right protocols at
the outset.”
That’s made easier if the ways of inter-
acting with data themselves are demysti-
fied, as Alan Gibson, Vice President of
EMEA, Alteryx, explains: “Without any
hesitation, making data and analytics
more accessible and intuitive needs to
be the key priority as we move into 2021
and beyond. Organisations can only
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