Known as technical, technological, or information-system barriers, these barriers are mainly related to incompatibility or specific complexity of hardware, software, and telecommunications systems (Caffrey, 1998; Chengalur-Smith and Duchessi, 1999; Dawes and Pardo, 2002). Other sources of problems in information integration initiatives are mismatched data structures and incompatible database designs (Ambite et al., 2002). Information technology and data incompatibility are challenges that can diminish the potential positive effects of information integration. Minimal uniformity and consensus on data, infrastructure, and procedures, as well as shared decision making, are necessary to achieve most integration objectives (Cresswell and Connelly, 1999). However, as Dawes (1996) suggests, even when the organizations involved use of the same kind of data, sharing often remains problematic due to conflicting data definitions. Reliability and compatibility of the data are necessary to foster an environment in which organizations are willing and able to integrate.