Just watch: Someday a brilliant person will invent a way to capture exhaust from tailpipes and smokestacks and convert it into energy. It will be a virtuous circle that solves a host of problems and changes our point of view from exhaust as a byproduct to exhaust as an asset. That change is likely a few years away.

Luckily, in the technology ecosystem such a virtuous circle has already taken hold. It’s been common for businesses to view data as exhaust; it’s the byproduct that gets churned out by a company’s different operational systems. But today, more and more businesses see data as a valuable asset that can fuel growth, efficiencies and innovation.

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