A major driver to greater public cloud adoption is the digital transformation of organizations, of which data is at the heart. The faster you can accelerate the shift of data-intensive operations and workloads to cloud platforms, like Microsoft Azure, the faster you can capitalize on the inherent performance, agility and cost savings it offers. Today... more
Successful data-driven digital transformation initiatives run on data. And a critical part of that data management solution is the single view of data provided by Master Data Management (MDM). Organizations are using Informatica MDM to drive game-changing initiatives around customer engagement, supplier engagement and omni-channel marketing that differentiate their services and products in the marketplace... more
Sometimes people lose sight of the “why” of big data. It’s all about delivering actionable insights that will give your organization a leg up on your competition. This can be by creating new sources of revenue, new analytics insights to drive better customer experiences, or even new insights that will save lives. Initiatives like this... more
OK, so my math may be a bit off… But I also cannot forget time and again the customer stories which demonstrate that “better together” really works for them. At Informatica, we are on a singular mission to help accelerate our customers’ data-driven digital transformation. Towards that goal, we work closely with key strategic ecosystem... more
Ideas for data-driven innovation and change are everywhere like this one Data Is the New Currency of Digital Transformation by Anil Chakravarthy. Or maybe you’re working on new technologies for predictive analytics, big data, cloud, customer master data and mobile apps. The point is you have to change to keep up with new technologies, market... more
Informatica World 2018 is just around the corner. For the past few weeks, we’ve been working with our customers to finalize the content for the breakout sessions in the 360 Engagement Journey track. It’s been quite fun to learn more about their stories and hear how they are making a difference within their companies and... more
This post talks about the complexities that creep in when a Proxy Server is introduced into an environment using Kerberos mode of authentication and also a potential generic solution. Kerberos overview Kerberos is an authentication mechanism between a client and server on a network using symmetric keys and tickets. Kerberos mode ensures that a password is... more
Businesses today are seeing a perfect storm of data privacy and protection, driven by unyielding forces centered around a customer’s private information. These forces include the chronic barrage of data breaches, the enactment of powerful privacy regulations and the growing consumer and citizen awareness of their rights to control their personal data. In this perfect... more
As the leader in Enterprise Cloud Data Management, Informatica was plugged into the beginnings of the cloud data warehousing movement, and we have been a key partner in helping many companies shift their data “center of gravity” to Microsoft Azure to take advantage of the infinite scale-out, scale-on-demand, pay-as-you-go and workload isolation that only cloud-based... more
Migrate to AWS In the midst of almost everyone migrating operations to the cloud, few organizations are opening new data centers or planning major new hardware procurements. The added agility, efficiency, flexible scaling and breadth of capabilities of AWS (Amazon Web Services) in particular makes it extremely appealing to IT and business leaders,... more