<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
efficiency	I-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
efficiency	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
processes	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
data	O
such	O
as	O
storage	O
,	O
access	O
,	O
filtering	O
,	O
sharing	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
and	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
processes	O
lead	O
to	O
the	O
desired	O
outcome	O
within	O
resource	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
management	O
definition	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
efficiency	I-General_Concept
would	O
be	O
the	O
measure	O
of	O
how	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
and	O
usage	O
across	O
an	O
enterprise	O
or	O
within	O
a	O
department	O
or	O
within	O
a	O
project	O
-	O
impacts	O
the	O
organization	O
's	O
costs	O
and	O
revenues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DE	O
=	O
expected	O
benefits	O
from	O
applying	O
I.T.	B-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
to	O
a	O
given	O
task	O
/	O
cost	O
of	O
application	O
of	O
I.T.	B-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
technical	O
side	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
computer	O
hardware	O
,	O
software	O
and	O
systems	O
,	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Efficiency	I-General_Concept
can	O
refer	O
to	O
many	O
things	O
such	O
as	O
packing	O
bits	O
on	O
a	O
physical	O
medium1	O
,	O
or	O
chip	O
area	O
usage	O
on	O
a	O
silicon	O
wafer2	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
data	O
in	O
programming	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
require	O
less	O
time	O
and	O
computation	O
resources3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
these	O
two	O
categories	O
of	O
use	O
for	O
data	B-General_Concept
efficiency	I-General_Concept
(	O
managerial	O
and	O
technical	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
process	O
industries	O
and	O
computer	O
chip	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
these	O
examples	O
above	O
show	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
different	O
information	B-General_Concept
technologies	I-General_Concept
that	O
process	O
data	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
defined	O
outcome	O
.	O
</s>
