The technology driving the modern world of business and digital transformation is artificial intelligence (AI). But what fuels AI is something more complex and diverse, and it's something that is constantly generated and exceedingly valuable: data. Data is essential information; personal or customer details, habits and traits, likes and dislikes. In business terms, it's about how we interact with
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