This survey presents the views of executives questioned about the significant challenges of big data initiatives in 2015. In 2015, 42 percent of respondents indicated that the most significant challenge around big data initiatives was maintaining the quality of data.
What are your company's most significant challenges related to big data initiatives?*
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** The source provides the following, additional information: "A global survey of 550 executives ... all were from companies with annual revenue in excess of 50 million U.S. dollars."
*** According to the source, data governance refers to the "overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data."
**** According to the source, data sovereignty and compliance includes "managing legal jurisdictions, adhering to laws and regulations."
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The Economist, & Economist Intelligence Unit. (November 19, 2015). What are your company's most significant challenges related to big data initiatives?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/491196/big-data-significant-challenges/
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