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Why are data silos problematic?

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Answer:

Hampers collaboration

Resource wastage

Lack of data integrity

Step-by-step explanation:

Data silos comes into play When different departments of an orgainiziations independently collects data needed for its operations. The finance, HR, administrative departments and so on collects their data and keeps it to themselves. As a result there is a repetitive and needless gathering and storage of already existing data, that is the data required by one group will have to be gathered again while it currently exists with another group. This leads to inefficient resource management and wastage. This practice also leads to data integrity as data stored differently across departments becomes inconsistent and less accurate over time. Team work and collaboration is gradually eroded as each group continues to hold on to its resources which poses a problem towards organizational growth.

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