(Image credit: Getty Images) Data silos remain a key hurdle to digital transformation success, new research shows, with IT leaders bemoaning outdated infrastructure and disparate data sets as a lingering challenge. Software company MuleSoft’s 9th annual Connectivity Benchmark Report polled 1,050 IT decision makers around the world on their investments in IT and the struggles they contend with to achieve digital transformation goals. Virtually every IT leader (98%) reported they were facing challenges regarding their digital transformation efforts. Of these challenges, 81% of IT decision makers said the biggest barrier blocking their organization from meeting digital transformation targets was data siloing . RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU… Generative AI investment graph showing upward trend on a blue background Six digital transformation quick wins your business can try today When should you pull the plug on a digital transformation project? Why is digital transformation important for business growth? Jamil Ahmed, distinguished engineer at middleware company Solace, told ITPro data silos are holding companies back from getting a clear picture of their data consumption , representing an antiquated organizational system. “The challenge companies face in accurately measuring data consumption lies in overcoming the mass amounts of siloed data within their system,” Ahmed […]