IDC’s research and conversations with customers have shown that organizations that are excellent at effectively scaling their data intelligence have a material advantage over their peers. The challenge is that reaching that level of effectiveness may be too strategically difficult to grasp or even pursue directly.

This InfoBrief introduces the concept of smart data capture, a technology strategy to help organizations transform and evolve data capture in an efficient, accurate, repeatable, and scalable way. IDC describes the advantages of this strategy and how it can deliver value across an organization to employees, customers, and business partners.