Businesses are facing a conundrum with their ever-expanding digital universe. In a competitive environment mired with mergers and divestitures, the ability to store, manage and protect data is crucial to business success. By 2017, two-thirds of Asian-based CIOs will initiate a data transformation and governance framework to turn information into a competitive business differentiator. This explosion of data is a double-edged sword. If managed well, data can actually become a strategic asset to bring huge benefits to companies however this can also cause inefficiencies that results in businesses lagging behind competitors. We speak to Robert Kaloustian, Vice President Worldwide Technical Services at Commvault about how companies have turned data from threat to strength.