How to manage your data before it manages you via @7wdata

How to manage your data before it manages you via @7wdata - Evolving technologies, more stringent compliance policies, and the need for big data analytics and long-term data retention, are all important factors that these professionals must consider when attempting to manage their data.

I think a good aim to have is that you must manage your data before it manages you. The less control you have (be that data quality, data management, data storage, data archiving, etc)  The less reliable your results are from using that data, and the higher the cost will be for the data overall.