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Water, water, everywhere<\/em>
\n Nor any drop to drink<\/em>
\n -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re living in an age where we\u2019re awash in data. It\u2019s estimated that we generate 2.5 quintillion bytes of data \u2013 so much so that over 90% of data in the world has been generated in the past two years. We use analogies do describe the sheer volume of data, often water-related: a tsunami of data. A deluge. An ocean. But with all that data surrounding us, are we still living in a barren desert when it comes to deriving value from it, or have you learned to cultivate your data program with well-defined data management strategies? This infographic examines where different companies may be on the data scale. Take a look.<\/p>\n

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