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
What if your EDI translator/Data Exchange solution could read data from ANY format (Excel, PDF, proprietary text files etc.), then run Data Quality rules in the Cloud? Informatica Data Exchange is the world’s first modern hybrid hub-based data integration to connect big data, cloud and traditional systems
Informatica believes there is a better way to do data integration and so we developed the Integration Hub as the next generation way to modernize your data infrastructure. With a flexible combination of centralization and self-service for distributed teams, Informatica Data Integration Hub’s publish/subscribe hub architecture powers your data projects to a new level of... more
Kids these days! They love their interwebs and their snappy-chatty apps. They love instant access to data. They love having control over virtually every aspect of their lives, whether that’s hailing an Uber or pre-ordering that latte from Starbucks, so it’s ready when they walk in the door. And guess what? They also love to... more
In our recent webinar “Quantifying the True Value of Collaborative Data Prep,” principal analyst James Haight of Blue Hill Research and director of product management Andrew Comstock discussed the key findings and implications of the Blue Hill Research benchmark study. First, we’d like to thank everyone who joined us for the live webinar. We appreciate all... more
Data hubs are gaining significant momentum as companies look for ways to boost productivity and governance of data integration. Organizations want to reduce duplication, overlapping data movements and transformations. They want to be able to deliver the same, fresh processed data to multiple applications and analytics systems on-premises and the cloud to ensure all teams... more
Ever wonder how much time analysts spend preparing data for analysis? What are the costs of inefficient data prep? Blue Hill Research was curious too. So they surveyed 186 data analysts to find out how they spend their time and what tools they use to prepare data for analysis What did Blue Hill principal... more
What is it about us human beings? We have two beautiful breeds: a Poodle and a Labrador. Then, somebody feels the need to create a Labradoodle? (Though they are pretty cute!). Or we invent an electric car, but cannot let go of our reliance on the infrastructure, so we then invent a hybrid car. With... more
As organizations around the world increasingly try to leverage their partner networks to create competitive advantage, tools and automation become critical enablers. To further expand beyond large partners that have the systems to work with complex and regimented standards such as EDI, requires the ability to share data in more flexible ways and formats. In... more
This international delivery company needed a platform for large volume data processing that could handle their big data needs and was architected for real time applications. In particular, their international shipments always needed a Data Warehouse system for clearance and regulatory information (customs records) that they need to keep for 7 years for compliance purposes. This was a part of their operational data integration and modernization project. How did they accomplish this? They currently use Informatica Real Time software to read from JMS