by Angela Guess
A recent press release out of the company reports, “Ventana Research today launched its latest benchmark research initiative studying the topic of data preparation. This research will examine existing and planned approaches to data preparation, as well as related technologies, best practices for implementing them, and market trends related to this topic. It will also investigate how organizations are implementing data preparation tools to support operational and business intelligence processes.”
The release continues, “Data preparation is critical to the effectiveness of both operational and analytic processes. Operational processes today are fed by streams of constantly generated data. Our research for many years has consistently shown that organizations spend more time in preparing data for analysis than in analyzing the data – a situation that negatively impacts their productivity. Data now comes from a wider than ever variety of sources in a dizzying array of formats and often contains inconsistencies in both structure and content. There are other challenges to the data preparation process. With the advent of big data, organizations are now collecting massive amounts of data stored in big data technologies.”
It adds, “Those interested in learning more about or participating in this benchmark research can do so at www.ventanaresearch.com/benchmark/data-preparation. Ventana Research, a leading business technology research and advisory services firm, provides qualified research participants with an incentive and complementary report, which includes both key insights and best practices from the benchmark research.”
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