This article identifies how decentralized and interoperable storage solutions create value for service providers. These solutions are invented to serve the fundamental principle that data should not be confined behind company walls. Instead, these solutions facilitate the flow of data between different stakeholders, enabling innovation in data ecosystems through the reuse of information. Through multiple stakeholder interviews, this research explored different ways in which such solutions bring value to service providers. Utilizing the affordance theory, we conclude that, compared to relating technologies such as blockchain and big data analytics, decentralized and interoperable storage solutions bring two additional opportunities; (1) an affordance on interoperable data exchange which enables the reduction of costs (e.g., data cleaning) and (2) an affordance on legal risks and compliance facilitating the reduction of compliancy costs and potential legal risks.

本文介绍了去中心化和可互操作的存储解决方案如何为服务提供商创造价值。这些解决方案的发明是为了服务于数据不应局限于公司墙后的基本原则。相反，这些解决方案促进了不同利益相关者之间的数据流动，通过信息的重用实现了数据生态系统的创新。通过对多个利益相关者的访谈，本研究探讨了此类解决方案为服务提供商带来价值的不同方式。利用可供性理论，我们得出结论，与区块链和大数据分析等相关技术相比，去中心化和可互操作的存储解决方案带来了两个额外的机会;（1） 可互操作数据交换的可供性，可以降低成本（例如，数据清理）和 （2） 法律风险和合规性的可供性，有助于降低合规成本和潜在的法律风险。