Informatica Enterprise Data Management

Since launching the EDM blog in early 2007, we have focused on a wide variety of data management, Informatica usage and technology topics. In 2008, I will also be discussing my experiences and research in Enterprise Data Warehousing, an area that our customers have used our software and solutions to great success.

Enterprise Data Warehousing is a term that has been around for a long time. In the mid-90’s, Bill Inmon preached an enterprise approach to data warehousing that was based on a central repository of corporate data. With the technology at the time, success was only attainable by a few elite organizations at extreme levels of funding. Informatica pioneered an incremental data mart approach that led to years of prosperity in the Data Warehousing market for Informatica and customers using our technology for their data warehousing related projects.
In the last 5 years many organizations have revisited the EDW approach and have taken advantage in the improvements in data integration technology to tackle a wide variety of business problems that necessitate such an approach. Due to competitive necessity and the desire to use technology as a differentiator, The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, 2nd Edition. He notes many of the usage and requirements changes that brings a DW to the enterprise level and recommends strategies and techniques for implementing on a broader basis.

Are you planning or researching the benefits of an enterprise approach to data warehousing? Informatica has developed an assessment tool and research that will help you measure whether your organization can benefit from moving to an enterprise approach to data warehousing and what steps to start such an endeavor.

What success are you having? Or what challenges are facing you?