Information silo
An information silo is an insular management system incapable of reciprocal operation with other, related information systems.
Information silo occurs whenever a data system is incompatible or not integrated with other data systems. This incompatibility may occur in the technical architecture, in the application architecture, or in the data architecture of any data system. However, since it has been shown that established data modeling methods are the root cause of the data integration problem, most data systems are at least incompatible in the data architecture layer.
Etymology
The term functional silo syndrome was coined in 1988 by Phil S. Ensor who worked in organizational development and employee relations for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Eaton Corporation, and as a consultant. "Silo" and "stovepipe" are now used interchangeably and applied broadly. Phil Ensor's use of the term "silo" reflects his rural Illinois origins and the many grain silos he would pass on return visits as he contemplated the challenges of the modern organizations with which he worked.[1][2][3][4]
See also
- Closed platform (a.k.a. walled garden or closed ecosystem)
- Data architecture
- Data integration
- Data warehouse
- Disparate system
- Enterprise application integration
- Islands of automation
- Metadata publishing
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