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Data management should stand on its own as an umbrella effort driving all of IT’s efforts, because the essential task of IT is data management.
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Reduce maintenance costs from security logic that is interwoven with application logic. Apply a simple design that lets you plug in a role-based access control component.
A federal regulation forced a medical center to lock down privacy, which coincidentally increased savings.
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