The study reveals that IT teams are struggling to handle the volume of data requests from various departments, leading to a "data tsunami" that is overwhelming their resources. The strain is felt across the organization, with nearly two-thirds of IT workers and coworkers reporting being overwhelmed by the number of applications and systems they need to use to access data. The lack of data literacy across the organization is also a major factor in this fatigue, with one in four Ops leaders stating that their company does not provide any cross-departmental education on how to use data effectively. Traditional methods to manage data have become inadequate, leading to inefficiency and a downward spiral of frustration. However, modern data connectivity solutions like data virtualization for the cloud can help streamline processes, eliminating inefficient data integration processes and providing easy-to-use data access for everyone in the organization.