Connected Data

Most businesses can answer thousands of questions instantly — until the question crosses two systems. The data almost always exists. It just lives in a CRM here, a finance system there, a procurement tool somewhere else, and a spreadsheet that no one fully owns. Four scenarios where that disconnect becomes a real commercial problem — and why it's becoming more urgent with AI.

Metcalfe’s Law holds that a network’s value is proportional to the square of its connected nodes. Applied to enterprise data, it explains why every new connection between systems compounds the value of everything already connected.