“When data is locked in silos, organizations are unable to find and include all enterprise data for use with big data analytics tools. Planning to implement a data centric data management strategy enables the distributed metadata repository to be a source for analytics tools, as it can be used to provide real-time insight, without having to migrate data from silos to a separate analytics platform. It also enhances the quality of results, because having more relevant data often produces more accurate analysis. If organizations can harness all of its data, they will attain a greater competitive advantage.” Shahbaz Ali ( DEC 24, 2014 )