With increasing pace of business, data management teams are always looking for an edge to deliver trusted data to business teams as fast as possible. A few months ago, Informatica launched the next wave of big data management innovations, including the Intelligent Data Lake product for quickly preparing and sharing the data business users need. ... more
If there’s one thing early big data projects have proven, it’s that you need a carefully planned, phased approach to prove the value of big data to the enterprise. That means starting with a well-planned proof of concept (POC) that gains buy-in and confidence from your key executives. With this in mind, we’ve created a... more
This week marks the Strata + Hadoop World conference in San Jose, California. Customers and vendors alike will converge to learn about the opportunities big data can bring for big business. But customers, analysts, and vendors alike are also recognizing some practical realities as well. Big data cannot mean big teams. Big data cannot mean... more
In my discussions with CIOs in the #CIOChat, it looks like big data is moving out of something CIOs were comfortable experimenting with and into something where CIOs expect concrete business returns. As a result, CIOs are starting to worry about the impact of big data on organizational and cultural design. At the same time,... more
Value and maturity have now supplanted the ‘shiny new object’ fascination around big data. That’s according to a roundup of 2016 big data predictions from ZDNet. [1] And that’s heartening to folks like me who’ve been working with customers that are seeing some great successes with their big data projects. But what we’ve also learned... more
In preparing for a Big Data presentation to one of the top 3 global automotive manufacturers I discovered many interesting benefits that Big Data can provide through connected vehicle and IoT programs. By collecting and analyzing big data from sensors, machines, databases, and social media, automakers can increase customer loyalty, improve predictive maintenance, reduce warranty... more
You could say that our lives are ultimately a collection of decisions – small and big, personal and business, short and long term oriented. They could have the potential of impacting a number of lives, altering the course of an organization’s trajectory, or influencing our individual happiness. What’s interesting in all of these situations is... more
Are you interested in big data? There are many reasons to come to Informatica World 2015 but one very good reason is to learn how you can become Big Data Ready! Becoming Big Data Ready is about succeeding with analytics in a Big Data world. It’s about unleashing productivity, repeatability, and confidence. Join us at... more