Today's businesses are generating and consuming more data in more forms from more varied sources than ever before, and under the pressure of a drastically accelerated pace of business, have realized the importance of being able to find information almost instantaneously and mine raw data for valuable intelligence almost as quickly.

As such, IT leaders are now focusing much more attention on their organizations’ data management platforms and capabilities. Read this IDG Research report to find results from and analysis of a June 2012 IT manager survey that paints a picture of the current data management landscape and its likely evolution.