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Safari Books Online Survey of Technology Professionals Shows Frequent Use of Inaccurate

SEBASTOPOL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A Safari Books Online survey of technology workers’ research and collaboration habits released today found that most technology employees work under very tight timelines and find it difficult to find or share collective knowledge with colleagues in their field. A majority of the respondents – 57 percent – spend an hour or less training and sharing information with new employees, and 25 percent of them don’t spend any time training new employees. Lack of shared knowledge or the ability to access accurate information for technology work is taking its toll: almost half of the respondents (45 percent) said the information they found while researching online and later used for critical projects was inaccurate.

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