With the rise of digital business initiatives, the role of data has become much more important. Nearly half (49%) of the organizations that ESG surveyed stated that data is their business, and another 31% expected to offer data-centric products and services in the future.1
Unfortunately, traditional IT is often falling behind the curve in these efforts. Line-of-business executives surveyed by ESG were four times more likely to say they considered their company’s IT group to be a business inhibitor versus a competitive differentiator (25% versus 6%).
