This document discusses how data constraints can strain IT departments and be costly for businesses. It presents the following key points:
1. Moving and managing data is difficult and expensive for IT, consuming resources like storage, personnel time, and infrastructure costs. This strains IT departments and slows application development.
2. The total cost of data constraints for businesses, including capital, operations, development delays, and lost revenue opportunities, can be huge - in the billions of dollars for large companies.
3. Many companies are unaware of how much their current data management practices cost them and constrain their businesses because IT departments think their current processes are sufficient.
The document proposes using a data virtualization solution called Delphix