Breaking Data Silos

Every organization has data silos—those segregated, highly controlled IT systems and data repositories controlled by a limited, select group of individuals who closely guard their data. Traditionally, each silo operates as a self-contained micro-business, with minimal overlap and essential data interchange. Furthermore, in larger organizations, data silos have coalesced around common industry-leading applications, each with its own embedded data model leading to further challenges to data integration. And the model is self-perpetuating, with niche skillsets required to support each domain or line of business.