Tag Archives: Cloud Computing

2011 #Cloud Integration Predictions in Review

‘Tis the season, but before I post my 2012 cloud integration predictions, I thought I’d spend a few minutes scoring how I did this year.  Last year I predicted the following: Cloud adoption will drive two-tier cloud integration strategies LOB-driven cloud integration projects will lead to strategic MDM initiatives Cloud integration platforms will emerge Database.com [...]

Informatica Cloud Winter 2012 Announced

This week we announced the 11th release of Informatica Cloud. What’s Informatica Cloud you ask? Well according to the our 2011 “Best Cloud Management” CODiE Award, Informatica Cloud is an, “easy-to-use, multi-tenant cloud integration service that empowers users to create, schedule and automate bi-directional cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-premise integration tasks without coding and without requiring a [...]

Seven Essential Best Practices For Data Center Consolidation

Data center consolidation is much more than physical movement of servers and infrastructure.  In fact, the facility costs and power savings are just the tip of the opportunity. The biggest benefits come from using the consolidation initiative as a catalyst to rationalize the application portfolio, archive inactive data and establish one version of the truth [...]

Video: Informatica Cloud @ Dreamforce 2011 #df11

I discussed cloud integration and Informatica Cloud momentum and customer success with SIIA’s Rhianna Collier at Dreamforce 2011. Some of the questions: Are times changing when it comes to the importance of data integration to cloud computing adoption and success? With the growth of social and mobile, how is innovation changing your customer needs? Are [...]

More On The “Achilles Heel Of Cloud Computing – Data Integration”

In March of last year I posted a blog here entitled: The Achilles Heel Of Cloud Computing – Data Integration.  “In fact, what currently limits the number of cloud deployments is the lack of a clear understanding of data integration in the context of cloud computing. This is a rather easy problem to solve, but [...]