Informatica Perspectives

On October 29th my colleague Sanjay Krishnamurthi is joining Peter Coffee from salesforce.com and Jeff Barr from Amazon.com at the Architecture and Innovation summit in Minneapolis.

They are discussing the state of the industry around one of the hot new architectures climbing the technology hype cycle - namely Application Platform as a Service (APaaS). Offerings in this space include Informatica On-demand, salesforce.com and Amazon Web Services to name just a few.

The really big question of course is … "Is Cloud Computing a valid strategy for large mission-critical applications or is it just for quick ramp-up of new capabilities and low-volume department solutions?"

The reality is that core business solutions are being implemented today in the cloud by companies of all sizes with impressive results. An enterprise could, in principal, implement their entire suite of applications with the only purchased software being a browser!

If you are in the vicinity, please drop by and listen to Sanjay, Peter and Jeff explore the promise of APaaS and the present day reality. I'l write-up a brief summary of their presentation and post it afterwards.  Here's what you can expect:

• a broad overview of cloud computing; what it is and what it means for business leaders, architects, and system integrators.
• the challenges, such as data fragmentation and information security, and solutions that are available to address them.
• an overview of their respective offerings including real-life case studies.

I've also been told that they will show a live cloud integration demo showing how salesforce.com can be integrated with Amazon Web Services using Informatica On-Demand.

Sounds exciting - you can find out more about the summit here.