Senior IT leaders and enterprise architects face pressure to modernize data architectures and data management practices that have a direct, “line-of-sight” impact on the goals of business stakeholders. Given the disruptive times we live in, many organizations are working to accelerate their digital transformation and modernization. The strategic initiatives associated with digital transformation and modernization... more
Co-authored with Arsalan Sheikh, Cloud Integration Sales Specialist. The following story is a fictional account to illustrate issues faced by typical executives. The names of people and companies are made up, but the challenges are real. Lando Jacobs looked out the window from his office on the 32nd floor at the towering skyline of the... more
When Informatica talks about trust, we’re usually framing it around trusted data. It’s a core element of an enterprise data platfor: Can you trust that the data is accurate, timely, etc.? But then there’s security: Can you trust that your data is secure? In the cloud, on premises, regardless of application, at rest and in... more
Read: Ready for Artificial Intelligence? (Part 1) We, The People I’ll bet you can quote 10 different movies, where people have to fight for the fate of humanity against machines. My all-time favorite is 2001: A Space Odyssey, with HAL’s famous quote (maybe because it reminds me of how my mother would talk to me during... more
Master data management (MDM) technology is entering a new stage of maturity. Driven by the rising demands of big data, today’s MDM is drastically different, offering greater capabilities, deployment options, and user flexibility than ever before. The market forces that have shaped this change are complex, but the result is a new generation of MDM... more
Last year, I flew more than 200,000 miles across the globe. And, while I lead Informatica’s product team, I wasn’t just traveling to support our R&D efforts. I spent a majority of the time traveling to meet with our customers – getting to hear their successes and desires for the future around how we work... more
Current popular opinion states that companies that differentiate on their data will be the most successful. This is my current favourite quote: “Victory won’t go to those with the most data. It will go to those who make the best use of data.” — Doug Henschen, Information Week, May 2014 But how do you actually... more