Extract from Scott Bederka’s article “OpenText Magellan and Platform 3 Solutions”
The modern enterprise is a jungle of interconnected legacy systems, business unit applications, and technology platforms. Many enterprises have hundreds, or even thousands of disparate technologies running on their networks.
Such a bloated technology landscape requires extensive budget to maintain, and prevents IT staff from concentrating on new priorities and innovation. With so much new data and so many applications and platforms to contend with, how does the enterprise standardize and make sense of its information? New regulations like GDPR or CCPA introduce privacy concerns and complex governance requirements.