A recent call from a sales colleague prompted me to write this post. His client asked us to give them guidance on how our solutions and data management practices in general can help combat the effect on their prices resulting from the U.S. tariffs recently imposed. The current state of uncertainty apparently had them question... more
Every business rule is a mission statement in miniature. Every good rule says something meaningful about your organization – where you are today, what direction you’re headed, where you want to be. But how do you define your rules? How do you work out their logic, agree on their conditions for success? Most importantly, how... more
Some challenges The adoption and rollout of Data Governance at an enterprise level is often impeded for several reasons, but commonly it is because the communities of data consumers in the business don’t see the value of engaging with it. Data Governance may be seen as an overhead to the business in terms of time,... more
With Shop.org just around the corner, I am reminded of a conversation I had at last year’s event. One of the attendees (Jim from a large retailer) told me that they have data quality problems but the data was good enough and asked why should they invest in improving something that was acceptable. Initially, I... more
Here we are. Just a few short days away from Informatica World 2017. If you haven’t registered yet, I encourage you to consider coming out and joining us for the most informative data event that you’ll attend all year. And it’s in the heart of San Francisco! If you have registered, perhaps you’re starting to... more
Last week, my colleagues and I joined together to give you a sneak-peek at the latest updates to Data Quality, PowerCenter, and Data Integration Hub with version 10.2. If you missed the webinar, I’d encourage you to take a moment and watch the replay. We showcased the latest advancements and how they will help you with some... more
Getting ready for 2017? How about starting out the new year by learning what data as a service is? For Informatica, Data as a Service enables you to verify and enrich customer contact data. We enable our customers to build their customer contact plans on a firm foundation of high quality data that they can rely on... more
Data fragmentation and poor quality data are significant challenges for large organizations around the world. The old computing adage of “garbage in, garbage out” is as true now as it has ever been and inconsistencies between data processing done in separate, parallel point-to-point integrations feeding different systems done on a project basis over time can... more
This just in! Informatica has been named a leader by Gartner in its Data Quality Tools Magic Quadrant. This is the tenth year in a row that Informatica has been a leader in the Data Quality Tools Magic Quadrant. We believe this impressive feat, of being a leader for the past decade, signifies Informatica’s deep... more
Here we are, just a few days from the biggest shopping season of the year. Over the next week, shoppers will flood retail stores and websites in droves searching for the best deals on everything from holiday gifts to the latest tech gadget. Not to disappoint the masses, every consumer electronic company is releasing their... more