Three Ways Enterprises Can Eliminate Useless Data via @Data_Informed

Three Ways Enterprises Can Eliminate Useless Data by Chris Talbott via @Data_Informed - A new study reveals that most of the data that companies hold have not been touched for years, adding to the costs and complexity of data management without delivering business value. Chris Talbott of Veritas offers tips for more efficient information management practices.

I would add that I see 2 problems -

1. Collecting all data because it is there and you "might" need it in the future.
2. Lack of a data archiving policy - look at all the legal limitations for document retention and build a policy to archive data.  When you have the policy actually IMPLEMENT it.