So how much does this all cost? The answer: Interoperability won’t break the bank. Companies with high interoperability have an unwavering focus on improving human connections with trust and skills. They continuously invest in pervasive training, empowering IT and non-IT decision makers to make sound application choices. They also build data-sharing mindsets to prevent data hoarding. Companies with high interoperability are open to sharing data inside and outside the organization. Decentralized data—where everyone is on the same page—helps companies find harmony. The result is happier, more productive employees who can easily use company data to produce meaningful results, prepare presentations, comply with regulation or simply collaborate. As mentioned above, decentralized data also frees up almost two hours of employees’ workdays in productivity alone. For a company that has 10,000 employees, this amounts to a productivity gain of 19 almost 15,000 hours and $100 million every year.