Consolidating data silos: What enterprises need to know to harmonise data by Miika Mäkitalo via @infomgmt

The more disparate silos an organisation has, the more vulnerabilities are likely to exist across the organisation.

This is an area that needs careful consolidation and integration into the rest of your data. If you invest the time and money to do that you will achieve some benefits.

How APIs can help prevent data warehouse hell by Wolf Ruzicka via @infomgmt

One problem that frequently arises is when companies have a lot of data stored in remote databases - isolated data silos that offer only limited access.

APIs are useful for reporting, applications, and standardisation. I think they are a good thing as standard ones can be designed and used.