We are excited to kick off the new year with the availability of Product 360 10.1. This new release offers refreshed user interfaces, AI-powered classification capabilities, and a rich set of cool features and innovations to bring user experience to the next level. The global pandemic has further accelerated the shift towards digital commerce. “Contactless,”... more
One of the biggest takeaways from 2020 has been the accelerated shift towards digital commerce channels due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. “Contactless” shopping has quickly become a key consumer request across sales channels and e-commerce continues to grow at a speedy rate despite global economic uncertainty. The themes of this year’s National Retail Federation (NRF)... more
“Enterprise businesses will have 83% of their workloads in the cloud by the end of 2020” (Source: Forbes). This digital transformation journey continues to accelerate in the current environment, as enterprises consider their strategies post pandemic. Enterprise businesses are taking advantage of the acceleration and scale offered by cloud providers to maximize the value of... more
The global pandemic has seen more and more companies accelerate their move to the cloud and become more cost-efficient, agile, and innovative. As an on-demand, self-service environment, the cloud is now vital to achieving end-to-end digital transformation. Now, more than ever, the cloud is helping businesses reinvent and outmaneuver uncertainty. Cloud migration initiatives, such as... more
Supply chain is the backbone for retail and manufacturing enterprises and it is witnessing a rapid digital transformation. Digitizing and modernizing the supply chain across business operations, processes, and systems enables retail and manufacturing enterprises to meet the demands of the ever-changing trade ecosystem. McKinsey research suggests that, on average, companies that aggressively digitize their... more
Cloud and AI are Driving a Change in Data Management Practices Data is the new currency, and it’s giving rise to a new data-driven economy. Some recent studies have found that an S&P 500 company’s average lifespan is now less than 20 years – down from 60 years in the 1950s. Almost all industries are... more
Covid-19 has forced us all to experience new ways to meet and new ways to work. If we can’t go to the office, well, we will bring the office to ourselves via Zoom. The same has happened to events – they have all pretty much gone “virtual” in some form or another. Dreamforce will be no exception. Billed as “Dreamforce... more
Gartner recently published its 2020 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions, naming Informatica as a Leader for the fifth consecutive year.[1] Gartner has positioned Informatica at the highest and furthest overall position for our ability to execute and completeness of vision. The key questions to ask are – what’s happening in the market that led... more
As organizations across the board face new challenges in these disruptive times, now more than ever data leaders need strategies that deliver business value. In conversations with customers, I’ve heard first-hand how important it is to create a data strategy that’s based on business outcomes. To develop these strategies and succeed in the digital age,... more
For most retailers, 2020 has been affected by unpredictability and uncertainty. The global pandemic has led to volatile consumer behavior, preferences, and demand along with very unpredictable global economic circumstances. And retailers have been challenged as never before: to fulfill customer demand, dealing with lock-down situations, struggling with logistical issues caused by closed borders or... more