IDC predicts that the ability to harness information and extract intelligence from it will be a key differentiator for businesses in the next 5 years. So, it comes as no surprise that analytics applications are being adopted by savvy organizations at a rapid pace.

Read through this Q&A session with Dan Vesset, program vice president of IDC’s Business Analytics research, on the role of business analytics in the modern enterprise. Read on to get Vesset’s insight on how data discovery analytics improves business processes and auditing effectiveness, the benefits of adding a discovery-based audit analytics system to existing analytics strategies and more.