A data silo or information silo occurs when a specific department or application stores data in a way that prevents other systems from accessing it. In IT infrastructure, these isolated environments create redundant work, complicate integrations, and prevent unified reporting. Engineers often have to build custom APIs or middleware to break them down and allow cross-system communication.
Heard on the job
We need to pull the customer records from the billing silo before we can migrate to the new CRM.
Also heard as
- information silo
- data silo