Data analytics guru Tom Davenport says he plans, along with co-author Jeanne Harris, to publish an update to their seminal work, Competing on Analytics, to be released in September. In honor of the 10th anniversary of its first release, he took a look back at the progress that’s been made since 2007. His observation: It’s... more
Getting data-driven digital transformation projects into production quickly requires a modern approach to data integration. Data is increasingly spread across a proliferating number of systems including multiple clouds and big data as well as existing applications and databases. Many companies struggle with digital transformation since they don’t have an organized and agile data backbone to... more
In recent posts, I’ve discussed the process of establishing an organizational vision and strategy for cloud technology. Once you’ve established a solid, supported, long-term strategy it’s time to get tactical and the bridge between strategy and tactical implementation is your roadmap. Everyone gets roadmaps as a metaphor and that a roadmap is a detailed guide... more
Did you know that the concept of a “Cloud-First” began in the U.S. federal government? Cloud-First was a mandate issued to all federal agencies by the chief information officer of the United States in December 2010. By 2012, a subsequent report to Congress showed that more than half of all federal agencies had adopted cloud... more
Public Cloud is disrupting IT. Enterprises everywhere are looking to deploy their entire IT stack, including data management, to public clouds. And AWS is THE public cloud. Recent studies have shown it to be twice as large as its three nearest competitors. To many large enterprises, AWS is the new platform for modern IT. You... 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
Are you a PowerCenter user interested in an Amazon Redshift data warehouse? Or perhaps you have already started working on a new POC (Proof of Concept) for Amazon Redshift? If so, you are not alone! And we’d like to help you out! Many of Informatica’s PowerCenter customers are exploring ways to leverage their long-standing investment... more
The Informatica team is very excited to celebrate the 10th birthday of Informatica Cloud. During the past decade, we’ve worked very hard and have had a relentless focus execution to achieve a singular mission – to help our customers bridge the cloud and on-premise worlds seamlessly. To mark this milestone, let’s drive down memory lane... more
Today, we are excited to announce Informatica Cloud Spring 2017 release. This release expands Informatica’s leadership as a leading Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) vendor, by includinga wide variety of new and enhanced capabilities across the entire platform. The suite of offerings support high performing Cloud Data Warehouse use cases and increased developer productivity... more
Since I started posting to “Cloud Data Management: Notes from the Field,” I’ve talked about my experiences with customers around tying cloud initiatives to business value, and the art of staying on track as other imperatives challenge the ongoing cloud roll out. Today we are going to discuss how Data Governance keeps your journey to... more