Informationweek Chief Data Officers are prioritizing data quality, ROI from data and analytics investments, and data sharing. momius via Adobe Stock The pandemic and a year of work-from-anywhere initiatives at companies made it clear that cloud computing is not only here to stay but also represents the future of IT. Digital transformation accelerated during this past year. But what about data and analytics? What is the Chief Data Officer's role in this pandemic and post-pandemic era? A new survey from Gartner reveals that 72% of data and analytics leaders are either leading or are heavily involved in their organizations' digital transformation initiatives. Gartner presented the results of the chief data officer survey this month during the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit.