Company Datastore

What is this?  Surely we've got many databases, what's the difference?  Well, a Supl Datastore is built around the information and its audience, not a particular department or type of information.  It's designed to service all stakeholders of the business, whether they work for the business or not.  In short, it's a place to find stuff.  

It can drive enormous efficiencies, as you no longer need to ask someone about something.  That new regulatory requirement?  just another query.  Where's that trusted customer order?  Well, they can see it themselves.

It can wring more value out of your IT budget, because you'll no longer be developing separate internal and external systems, and you'll be in the Cloud, using operating expenditure.

What actually is it? It's more a logical concept than a single physical technology: at its heart, it is a collection of information needed by the business and its clients that otherwise gets flung around on email messages.  And we all know how that feels.