This document discusses how companies are moving workloads to the cloud and democratizing data and analytics. It notes that 85% of organizations will embrace cloud-first principles by 2025 according to Gartner. Implementing modern data integration is challenging due to issues like real-time data changes, skills shortages, data accessibility, budgets, and data quality. Data silos negatively impact companies through increased costs, missed goals, and poor customer experiences. The document promotes Precisely's data integration and catalog solutions for building adaptable cloud environments and breaking down data silos.