Technology Magazine February 2020 | Page 47

“ It almost feels prehistoric that you can ’ t just connect things together , because we ’ re so used to connecting them in the consumer world ”

— Gaurav Dhillon , CEO , SnapLogic
world . It just works . But in the enterprise realm there are so many systems that are , rightfully , locked down . They might consist of customer and employee data or proprietary information about people ’ s compensation . In the medical field , for example , there ’ s a lot of proprietary regulations about patient data .
In the enterprise you have to be able to do this in an organised , well thought out way where data privacy , and the rights and privileges of the various owners of those data , are protected . So while you might think applying automation is easy , the precursor step of getting the big pieces talking to one another is monumentally difficult .
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