Informatica Perspectives

An EMR isn’t enough, Part I

Michelle Blackmer — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:52 +0000

EMR vendors have long encouraged that their EMR and business intelligence capabilities negate the need to have a plan to integrate data or implement a separate data warehousing and business intelligence. This philosophy begs the question – how can one …
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Stepping Up to the Big Data Integration Challenge

David Linthicum — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:02:03 +0000

As reported here, “Every 30 to 40 percent increase in data volume usually forces an organization to re-look at infrastructure,” commented Venkat Lakshminarasimha, Global Big Data Integration Specialist, Informatica. He was addressing a gathering of information management professionals from the …
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New Methods to Optimize Data Warehouse Performance and Lower Costs

Claudia Chandra — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:21 +0000

Data warehouses tend to grow very quickly because they integrate data from multiple sources and maintain years of historical data for analytics. A number of our customers have data warehouses in the hundreds of terabytes to petabytes range. Managing such …
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How to Improve Your Application Preformance with the Hardware You Already Have

Informatica — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:24 +0000

Most application owners know that as data volumes accumulate, application performance can take a major hit if the underlying infrastructure is not aligned to keep up with demand. The problem is that constantly adding hardware to manage data growth can …
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Leading Indicator: 89% of Financial Service Firms Have Adopted ICCs

John Schmidt — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:46:11 +0000

The latest survey by Informatica Professional Services shows that 59% of enterprises have, or are in the process of, implementing an ICC. The figures vary greatly by industry however. For example, in Financial Service Firms the percentage is 89% while …
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Modernizing or Rationalizing Your Application Portfolio? Don’t Neglect the Data Migration

Roger Nolan — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:50 +0000

When executing application modernization or application rationalization your focus is on supporting the business strategy by implementing systems that run critical business processes. And that is exactly where the focus should be. The problem comes when there is a lack …
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Marge Breya, Informatica’s CMO in conversation with Rick Smolan, Former Time, Life, and National Geographic photographer and the CEO of Against All Odds Productions

Marge Breya — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:01:28 +0000

Hi everyone, I’m Marge Breya the EVP and chief marketing officer at Informatica and I couldn’t be more delighted to have talked with Rick Smolan about big data and the implications and benefits it can have on the human race. …
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Hybrid IT and the Latest Informatica Cloud Release

Darren Cunningham — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:53:58 +0000

In a recent Information Management blog post, Alex Bakker from Saugatuck Technology noted: “There is an underlying problem facing many, if not most enterprise IT leaders and organizations: these technologies [Cloud, Mobile, Social, Analytics and Integration] have developed much faster than …
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MDM Goes Big at Informatica World 2013: Here’s What to Expect

Ravi Shankar — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:54:40 +0000

Informatica World 2013 is right around the corner, and I’m eager to tell you about all we have planned. This year, MDM will play a prominent role, as you can see by the sheer number of MDM-related sessions presented by …
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Welcome to Data Land

David Decloux — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:01:54 +0000

Many software vendors, analyst and journalist are overusing the term “Data Governance” in today’s complex business and IT environments. However, it has become one of the primary goals and drivers for data-related IT projects whilst at the same time being …
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