Data Quality

Data quality

is

gaining

visibility

daily

as

an

important

element

in

data

man-

agement.

More

and more companies

are

discovering that data

quality

issues

are causing large losses in money,

time,

and missed opportunities.

The

cost

of

poor

quality

is

usually hidden

and

not

obvious

to

those not

lookEng

for

it.

Data

management

technology

has

focused on the containers

we

put

data

in.

We

have

made

huge

strides

in

developing

robust

database

management

software,

transaction monitors, data

replication

services,

security

support.

and

backup

and

recovery

services.

These

are

all

technologies

that

support

the

effi-

cient gathering, storage,

and

protection ...