Interoperability is critical to achieving the fluid information flow that unlocks the potential of operational and information systems in various industries. Organizations need help in adopting this principle for several reasons.
Managing data at scale
Implementing interoperable systems needs a coordinated effort to consolidate data from multiple sources. Legacy systems store information in siloed databases with incompatible formats. It takes skilled expertise, time, and compute resources to extract, clean, transform, and load massive amounts of disparate data sources into shared storage.
Moreover, organizations must avoid disrupting their operational workflow when transforming their data management strategies to support interoperability.
Addressing privacy concerns
Organizations must enforce security measures to safeguard user information when they enable interoperability. Such efforts become complicated with multiple systems exchanging data through complex data pipelines. Therefore, organizations augment them with appropriate security technologies and policies.
Enforcing interoperability standards
Conventionally, organizations use systems that run with their respective customized protocols and data storage structures. A common industry standard is necessary to enable systems to communicate at a high level of interoperability. Even if interoperable standards were introduced, organizations must modernize their machines, software, and data infrastructure to permit data exchange between two or more systems.