As data as a service providers are emerging to aggregate and manage large data set sources from multiple sources to make this information more easily available and usable to businesses, it is increasingly imperative to enable an easy-to-use service for data connectivity. As customers put more of their data assets in the hands of cloud vendors, they will demand readily available visibility into the source of their data and how it is used.
The challenge of managing multiple cloud and enterprise data sources is becoming increasingly more complex. With a diverse set of solutions such as CRM, B2B, EAI, accounting, and more becoming more prevalent in the cloud, working together and sharing data can be daunting to IT departments that are used to managing their solutions in-house.