Somewhere in the business, someone is requesting a unified view of data from IT for information that’s actually stored across multiple source systems within the organization. This person wants a single report, a single web page, or some single “pane of glass” that she can can look through to view some information crucial to her organization’s success and to bolster a level of confidence in her division’s ability to execute and deliver accurate information to help the business succeed.
In addition to this, businesses are also realizing that simply having a “single view” alone is not enough, as the need to transact business across organizational silos becomes increasingly necessary. Hearing the phrase, “That’s a different department; please hold while I transfer you” is tolerated less frequently by many of today’s digital first consumers.
What’s the reality? The data is in silos. Data is spread out across mainframes, relational systems, filesystems, Microsoft SharePoint, email attachments, desktops, local shares; it’s everywhere! (See Figure 1-1.) For any one person in an organization, there are multiple sources of data available.
Figure 1-1. What we have: data in silos
Because the data isn’t integrated, and reports still need to be created, we often find the business performing “stare and compare” reporting and “swivel chair integrations.” This ...
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