Forbes January 15, 2026
Robert Kramer

Enterprises continue to talk about getting more value from their data, but Salesforce’s recently published State of Data and Analytics Report shows how much work is still ahead. Many business leaders do feel confident about their data, with 63% stating that their company is data-driven; however, the same share of data leaders report struggling to connect data efforts to real business priorities. This is particularly pointed in the case of AI: the research found that 84% of data and analytics leaders believe their organization needs a complete reset of its data strategy for AI to succeed. The gap between being “data-driven” and actually being able to support new technologies is shaping how quickly companies can move forward with AI and...

Today's Sponsors

Venturous
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

Venturous

 
Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Technology
AI-enabled clinical data abstraction: a nurse’s perspective
Contextual AI launches Agent Composer to turn enterprise RAG into production-ready AI agents
OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science
WISeR in 2026: Legal, Compliance, and AI Challenges That Could Reshape Prior Authorization for Skin Substitutes
Dario Amodei warns AI may cause ‘unusually painful’ disruption to jobs

Share Article