August 16, 2011 – 10:56 am
The CIO of GT Inc. (the fictitious name of a real company) met with his middleware vendor rep to deliver some depressing news. “We established an outsourced factory delivery model two years ago using the productivity tools that you sold us and we made it our enterprise standard. The factory results however, are discouraging use [...]
Earlier this year Informatica and Netsuite announced a partnership focused on delivering “Two Tier ERP” solutions to large enterprises. According to the press release: “With a two-tier ERP infrastructure, the existing SAP or Oracle system serves as the hub at the enterprise level and is augmented with more flexible and cost effective cloud ERP solutions, [...]
By Darren Cunningham
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Posted in Business/IT Collaboration, CIO, Cloud Computing, Data Integration, Data Synchronization, PaaS, Partners, SaaS
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Also tagged cloud integration, Cloud Services, ERP integration, Informatica Cloud, Netsuite integration, Two tier ERP
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I spent last week at the annual SIIA All About the Cloud Conference in San Francisco. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) “is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries.” They are also the organization that gives out the annual CODiE Awards, “the industry’s only peer‐review awards program, acknowledge innovation and [...]
By Darren Cunningham
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Posted in Business/IT Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Data Migration, Data Synchronization, Marketplace, News & Announcements, PaaS, SaaS
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Also tagged AppExchange, Cloud Data Integration, cloud integration, cloud management, codie award, D&B, Informatica Cloud, Netsuite, On-Demand, SaaS Integration, salesforce integration
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January 26, 2011 – 6:20 am
I recently sat down with a couple of Informatica Cloud customers to learn more about their general experiences with data integration delivered as an on-demand service. I was particularly interested in these two implementations, as both projects were led and ultimately managed directly by the line of business. Tony Young recently pointed out that, “the [...]
By Darren Cunningham
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Posted in Business Impact / Benefits, Business/IT Collaboration, CIO, Cloud Computing, Data Synchronization, Enterprise Data Management, IaaS, Master Data Management, PaaS, SaaS
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Also tagged cloud integration, cloud politics, Informatica Cloud, Master Data Management, MDM, PowerCenter, SaaS Integration, salesforce integration, two-tier integration
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December 29, 2010 – 7:28 am
In my last post I scored my 2010 cloud integration predictions. I’d say it was a solid B. While the spate of acquisitions in the market helped shine a light on the opportunity for data integration delivered as an on-demand service, I’d characterize 2010 as a year of line of business-driven cloud integration adoption. My [...]
By Darren Cunningham
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Posted in Business Impact / Benefits, Business/IT Collaboration, CIO, Cloud Computing, Data Integration, Data Migration, Data Synchronization, IaaS, Integration Competency Centers, Master Data Management, PaaS, SaaS
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Also tagged 2011, Appirio, CIO, cloud data migration, cloud data replication, cloud data synchronization, cloud integration, cloud to ground integration, predictions, SaaS Integration, salesforce integration, Stefan Ried
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