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Hybrid IT and the Latest Informatica Cloud Release
In a recent Information Management blog post, Alex Bakker from Saugatuck Technology noted:
“There is an underlying problem facing many, if not most enterprise IT leaders and organizations: these technologies [Cloud, Mobile, Social, Analytics and Integration] have developed much faster than enterprise IT groups and practices have been able to adopt and manage them.”
Sound familiar? Gartner (and others) have referred to the new reality of enterprise IT as Hybrid IT. At Informatica World next month, we have an entire track on this topic.
The good news is a topic that was once considered the “Achilles heel of cloud computing” is increasingly being recognized as the key enabler of cloud success: integration and data management. With that in mind, Informatica rolled out our Summer 2013 release this week. Here are some highlights and useful resources. (more…)
Announcing Informatica Cloud Spring 2013
On Wednesday we announced our latest cloud integration release – Informatica Cloud Spring 2013. It’s a major step forward in terms of breadth and depth for our software as a service (SaaS) solution. Why, you ask?
- Didn’t all of our cloud integration customers get upgraded to the Winter release in November?
- Didn’t we just broaden into cloud-based master data management (MDM)?
- Don’t we have 3-4 releases per year?
Well, yes…but…there are a few aspects to today’s announcement that I think are particularly noteworthy. Here’s a summary.
Salesforce.com Recognizes Informatica for Cloud Data Integration
This week we got the news that for the fifth year in a row, Informatica Cloud has won the 2012 Salesforce.com AppExchange Customer Choice Award. Informatica Cloud Integration for Salesforce was recognized as the winner in the very crowded IT and Administration category, which includes administration and IT, data cleansing, integration, IT management and other applications.These awards are based on the number and quality of customer reviews on the AppExchange. (more…)
2013 Cloud Data Management Predictions
Ok, I know it’s a little late to post 2013 technology predictions, but with so many good ones published already, I figured I’d sandbag a little and not only post a few of my own but also share a few of my favorites so far. For me, it starts with Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends presentation. 2013 is going to be a year of “re-imagining” enterprise software, from social, to mobile, to cloud, to Big Data and Analytics.
I summarized my 2012 predictions in an earlier post and Informatica already posted some great predictions from the world of data. Here are my 2013 cloud data management predictions. (more…)
Cloud Integration Predictions – The Year in Review
For the past few years I’ve been posting my cloud integration predictions. It’s always interesting to look back to see what transpired and evaluate where I scored well and where I was off base. Here’s how I did in 2011: 2011 #Cloud Integration Predictions in Review. My 2012 cloud integration predictions centered around Data as a Service, Master Data Management, Business Intelligence and enterprise IT adoption of all flavors of cloud computing. Before I throw my hat into the 2013 predictions ring, here’s a review of 2012.
Informatica Advances Cloud Integration and Data Quality
Informatica Cloud Winter 2013 has arrived. This is the fourteenth release of the company’s award-winning family of cloud integration applications and integration platform as a service (iPaaS), which has now expanded to include Informatica Cloud Master Data Management (MDM). In this post I’ll provide an overview of the new cloud integration and cloud data quality capabilities. Be sure to register for a 30 day trial and/or attend the release webinar on Thursday to see Informatica Cloud in action.
Video: Power the Social Enterprise with a Complete Customer View
With the explosive growth of data in cloud computing and CRM systems, organizations of all sizes must have a strategy to achieve a 360-degree customer view in order to stay a step ahead of the competition. Informatica Cloud MDM increases the value of your salesforce.com investment with better lead conversion, customer targeting and cross-sell outcomes.
Informatica Cloud MDM is available as a native Force.com solution, which is fully integrated with salesforce.com and deployed in the cloud.
More information: www.informaticacloud.com/mdm
OppenheimerFunds Dreamforce Story: Lay a Foundation of Trusted and Complete Customer Information for Salesforce
Imagine you are rolling Salesforce out to more than 500 users today. What will be their first impression? Will they be annoyed when they encounter duplicate customer records during their first experience? Will they complain when they need to access other systems to get all the relevant customer information they need to do their job? How will that impact your goals for Salesforce adoption? (more…)
Dreamforce Takeaways: Struggling with Salesforce Adoption? You’re Not Alone
I just returned from my first Dreamforce experience, which surpassed my expectations. In this brief video I talk about how inspired I was by salesforce.com’s customer-obsessed culture. However, many Dreamforce attendees I spoke with admit that they struggle with Salesforce adoption.
This is consistent with the results of a LinkedIn poll: 52% of sales managers said sales reps don’t use CRM like they want them to, highlighted in this BlueWolf blog, who is one of our partners: 4 Ways to Make Your Salesforce Adoption Dreams Come True at Dreamforce 2012. (more…)
#1View for Salesforce Customers – Introducing Cloud MDM from Informatica
Yesterday I attended Informatica’s first annual Cloud Connect conference in San Francisco, which was followed by a Dreamforce 2012 kick-off party sponsored by our partners Astada, Covisint, MicroStrategy and Zyme. It was a busy day, with a keynote from Juan Carlos Soto focused on the three pillars of our cloud computing product strategy, a deep-dive technical update and Ask the Experts stations for one-on-one interaction with product management. We also announced the winners of our 2012 Cloudy Awards! Congratulations to all of the winners! I’ll post some pictures next week. (more…)
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