GDPR has galvanized the need for data privacy and protection. In conjunction with social media privacy concerns and the seeming avalanche of regional and state privacy regulations, the focus on data privacy has accelerated beyond any past predictions. Witness the growth and interest in the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Membership has grown to... more
The role of product information has become more important than ever. The new product experience is customer-centric, personalized, omnichannel, search-guided, and social-powered. To keep up with this rapid evolution in the buying experience, make sure you’re fully leveraging product information to create a new experience that attracts and converts shoppers. And achieving this ambitious goal... more
I joined Informatica just a few weeks ago to lead marketing for our big data management portfolio. And there is no better way to dive into the Informatica community than to start blogging. So that’s what I’m going to do! I hope you’ll join me for the ride as we discuss the future of big... more
I’m excited to share that Informatica was recently recognized as the Best Solution to ‘Drive Customer Insights’ at Cloudera’s 6th annual Partner Summit, held on September 10, 2018 in New York City! The Award The partner award recognizes the strong collaboration and unified focus between Informatica and Cloudera to help drive greater customer value and... more
Have you ever done yoga or meditation? You probably have, right? I mean who amongst us, frenzied professionals, have not at least dabbled in an attempt to calm our mind and body amidst the ever-increasing demands of society? Remember that elated sense of nirvana after you got out of yoga and meditation class? Wouldn’t it... more
I was talking with a colleague recently about our kids and we were sharing stories about the challenges of raising them. While Jim is starting out on the journey (his kids are 1 and 3), I am nearing the end of the journey (I hope), with two young adults – 18 and 21. During our... more
Google’s BigQuery is increasingly being selected by enterprises to drive their data warehouse modernization initiatives. It’s no secret that Google BigQuery provides extreme scale and extreme performance for the enterprise, but modernizing your data warehouse requires more than just compute horsepower and unlimited storage; analytics modernization is a journey fueled by data. I’ve worked with... more
The GDPR is not a prescriptive regulation. That is, it does not specify exactly what you must do. Instead it lays out some principles and grants extensive rights to data subjects. As a result, we have seen a broad array of compliance efforts, with many multi-year compliance journeys being mapped out. A significant number of... more
In July we had shared an exciting development in collaboration with Snowflake – our Snowflake Data Warehouse connector for Microsoft Azure. Well, it’s GO time now, or shall we say GA time. Yes, we are delighted to announce General Availability of our support for Snowflake on Azure. This is in keeping with our promise and illustrating... more
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