What Does Information Sharing Mean?
Information sharing describes the exchange of data between various organizations, people and technologies. There are several types of information sharing:
Techopedia Explains Information Sharing
Data was formerly frequently kept in silos and often not shared among other entities due to its proprietary, non-portable format or the inability to import/export data. Even simple items such as dates were stored in a whole range of different formats, making the sharing of such a simple field a potential nightmare. The same applied to a whole range of data, and even if it was compatible, it was often not possible to physically transfer the data from one platform to another.
