September 3, 2010

Data Quality Stats

Gain insight into key trends, data and information related to the adoption, usage and impact of Data Quality solutions and methodologies.

2008 Technology Issues for Financial Executives
In an extensive survey of 629 CFO-level executives, "Improving data quality/information integrity" retained its position as the most pervasive critical technology concern. Another data quality-related finding: Only about one in five financial executives are "highly satisfied" with their information integrity. See this 36-page report for additional insight.
CSC & Committee on Finance and Information Technology

Customer Data Quality: a Foundation for Customer and Revenue Growth
70 percent of best-in-class firms have identified competitive and growth pressures as the leading driver for customer data quality initiatives, and those organizations are more likely than others to consider data quality initiatives a top priority (80 percent vs. roughly 50 percent).
Aberdeen Group as Quoted in Dun & Bradstreet Presentation

Many Companies Plan To Increase BI Spending
45 percent of 500 business technology professionals surveyed by Information Week indicated that Data Quality Problems stand in the way of Enterprise-wide Business Intelligence adoption.
Information Week