Breaking down data silos for digital success

The ability to share data across the enterprise is a vital first step on any transformation journey. Here’s how IT leaders are unifying data strategies by knocking down data (and political) walls. Credit: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock For years, IT and business leaders have been talking about breaking down the data silos that exist within their organizations. Given the importance of sharing information among diverse disciplines in the era of digital transformation, this concept is arguably as important as ever. In fact, as companies undertake digital transformations , usually the data transformation comes first, and doing so often begins with breaking down data — and political — silos in various corners of the enterprise. The aim is to normalize, aggregate, and eventually make available to analysts across the organization data that originates in various pockets of the enterprise. Some of this data might previously have been accessible to only a small number of groups or users. And much of it could provide synergies when combined with data that previously resided elsewhere in some other system, or under some other data jurisdiction. It’s easy to see why breaking down barriers to data access would be appealing. But what exactly is involved […]

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