The data silo problem
When your tools don't share data natively, every piece of information needs to be:
Manually Transferred
- • Re-typing customer info into multiple systems
- • Copy-pasting between spreadsheets
- • Downloading, reformatting, uploading data
- • Reconciling conflicting records
Or "Integrated" (Poorly)
- • Zapier connections that break
- • One-way syncs that miss updates
- • Duplicate records from sync errors
- • API changes that break automations
Industry Research
According to Salesforce research, workers spend 28% of their week searching for information across disconnected systems. For a 40-hour week, that's 11+ hours lost.
Real-world scenarios
📞 Scenario: The Client Call
A client calls asking about their project status and last invoice. Your team member needs to:
- 1. Look up client in CRM (2 min)
- 2. Switch to project tool to find status (3 min)
- 3. Switch to accounting to find invoice (2 min)
- 4. Can't find time tracked, asks colleague (4 min)
- 5. Finally answers client (11+ min total)
With unified platform: 30 seconds. All info in one client view.
📊 Scenario: Monthly Reporting
Creating a monthly business report requires pulling data from:
- • Sales data from CRM (export, clean, format)
- • Financial data from accounting (export, reconcile)
- • Productivity from project tool (export, calculate)
- • Team utilization from time tracker (export, analyze)
Time to compile: 4-8 hours manually
With unified platform: Real-time dashboard, zero export needed.
Calculating your disconnection cost
Cost Calculator
*For a 15-person team. Actual costs vary by company size and tool complexity.
The connected alternative
What if all your business data lived in one place? Not connected through fragile integrations, but natively unified.
BBos: Everything Connected by Design
Client Record Shows:
- • Contact info & communication history
- • All projects and tasks
- • Time tracked by team
- • Invoices and payments
- • Documents and signatures
Employee Record Shows:
- • HR profile and documents
- • Time entries and locations
- • Assigned tasks and projects
- • Payroll and expenses
- • Performance metrics