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- Join Us for the Informatica 9 LaunchTransform your business. Transform your world.
- Join Us for the Informatica 9 Launch Transform your business. Transform your world. Business and IT will finally be on the same page. Data quality issues will be a thing of the past. The promise of SOA will finally be realized. Join...
- Tags: Informatica, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Webcasts 2009-10-01
- Optimize Test and Development with Smaller Production Copies: Minimize Costs and Maximize Resources in Non-production Environments
- Using full-size database copies for test and development can slow you down, proving to be costly and ineffective in the long run. Optimize the management of test data in your application development and data integration efforts, save unnecessary downtime and storage costs by reducing the size of database test copies....
- Tags: Informatica, Environment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Storage, Databases, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-04-01
- Best Practices for Provisioning Databases for Test & Development - Oracle Applications
- Organizations maintain on average 8 to 12 database copies per production application which are typically used for testing, development, training and QA. As production databases get larger, the traditional approach of generating non-production copies incurs significant costs. This paper from Applimation, now Informatica, provides information on best practices and new...
- Tags: Database, Informatica, Oracle Corp., Provisioning, Best Practice
- White papers 2009-02-03
- Archiving Best Practices: 9 Steps to Successful Information Lifecycle Management
- Organizations looking for ways to manage their data more effectively are increasingly considering Information Lifecycle management as a way to better align the business value of data with the most appropriate and cost-effective IT infrastructure. This white paper describes why archiving provides a highly effective ILM solution and best practices...
- Tags: Informatica, Archiving, Information Lifecycle Management, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-01-26
- A Practical Guide for Retiring Legacy Applications
- Organizations across the board spend upwards of 75% of their software budgets on ongoing operations and maintenance. With just 25% available to fund new projects, IT departments are challenged with funding projects that can have significant impact. Budget savvy CIO's appreciate the cost savings realized when legacy applications are...
- Tags: Informatica, Legacy Application
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Improve Performance, Reduce Data Growth Costs - Archiving ERP Applications
- View this Webcast to find out from the experts how effective application archiving can help you effectively manage your production database, control data growth, and ultimately improve your bottom line. You'll learn to: Improve performance of the production environment Archive or purge inactive transactional data automatically...
- Tags: Informatica, Performance, Archiving, Data Retention, Business Intelligence, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- DeHinter 0.2 (Windows)
- DeHinter is a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) recommender system that exploits social filtering techniques in order to implement a fully decentralized resource sharing platform. The system provides to users a way to share, search, and retrieve contents in a scalable, flexible, and efficient way. The spontaneous relationships between users that show similar...
- Tags: Informatica, P2P, Microsoft Windows, DeHinter, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
- Software downloads 2008-10-23
- Informatica is on the block say senior sources
- Informatica is on the block say senior sourcesSenior sources say...I have heard from two junior sources that Tom Foremski is a woman.
- Tags: Informatica
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Informatica is on the block say senior sources
- I have heard from two senior sources in the software industry that Informatica [INFA] is on the block and it has approached Oracle [ORCL]. I don't know what the possible acquisition price would be or any further details. Informatica's share price closed at $16.45 on Friday May 9. It's...
- Tags: Informatica, Oracle Corp., Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Informatica offers Data Migration Suite; Wipro to leverage its power
- Informatica Corp. is addressing the crucial issue of data access by packaging its data integration software as Informatica Data Migration Suite, with an eye toward providing a solution for companies involved in mergers and acquisitions, consolidation, and outsourcing. With the shifting landscape of business today, as...
- Tags: Informatica, Wipro Technologies, Data Migration, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- A Distributed Blackboard Architecture for Interactive Data Visualization
- This paper presents distributed blackboard architecture for scientific visualization. The paper discusses the motivation, design and application of the architecture. The main advantage of the architecture is twofold. First, it allows visualization tools to be tightly integrated with simulations. Second, it allows qualitative and quantitative analysis to be combined during...
- Tags: Data Visualization, Informatica, Visualization, Architecture, Leadership, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Crosscutting Concerns in J2EE Applications
- The paper explores the evolution benefits of adopting aspects in a J2EE setting by studying crosscutting concerns in a typical J2EE application. To identify these concerns, the paper takes a top-down as well as a bottom-up approach. In the top-down view the paper focuses on typical concerns that are known...
- Tags: Paper, Informatica, Aspect-oriented, J2EE Application, J2Ee, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Hermes 2 (Windows)
- Alarm pop-ups are used to acknowledge the user about the publication of news with specific keywords of interest on some channels. Colors are, instead, used to differentiate new and removed news w.r.t. the user's previous readings. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Informatica, Colors, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-09-25
- Informatica Powercenter 8 on Sun's AMD Opteron Processor Blade Servers
- PowerCenter 8 is a single, unified enterprise data integration platform that allows companies and government organizations of all types and sizes to access, discover, and integrate data from virtually any business system, in any format, and deliver that data throughout the enterprise. The Enterprise Grid Option for PowerCenter 8 incorporates...
- Tags: Informatica, Blade Server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PowerCenter 8, Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Making Data Work: Addressing Data Quality at the Enterprise Level - Realizing the True Value of Your Information Assets With Enterprise Data Quality and Data Integration
- Despite nearly 40 years of information technology advances, only now are some organizations realizing the true value of their corporate data. Increasing reliance on automated business processes, more stringent regulation, and the ever-increasing pitch of competition are driving organizations to focus on the data they use to run their business...
- Tags: Asset, Data Quality, Business Process, Informatica, Data Integration, Operational Planning, Databases, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-07-31
- U.S. Defense Commissary Agency Rapidly Adapts to New XML Data Sources From Point-of-Sale Systems With Informatica PowerCenter Data Integration Platform
- The Defense Commissary Agency DeCA supplies more than 12 million U.S. military customers with groceries, meats, and produce at 263 commissaries around the world. Offering groceries, meats, and produce at affordable prices is an integral part of the compensation package that the U.S. Department of Defense offers to active duty...
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Informatica, Data Integration, XML-Data, DeCA
- Case studies 2007-07-31
- How ACORD Can Be Used as a Best Practice for Data Integration
- This paper enlightens the reader on various strategies for benefiting from ACORD's IP. It explores a company's unique business requirements alongside internal and external influencing factors and offers targeted approaches to using ACORD standards for accomplishing data normalization. In addition, regardless of the strategy chosen, this paper discusses the management...
- Tags: Data Quality, Informatica, Data Integration, Best Practice, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-05-15
- Profiling: Calculating Return on Investment for Data Migration and Data Integration Projects
- Data profiling is an essential step in the data integration lifecycle. Getting it right from the start can dramatically reduce the time it takes to plan and execute data integration strategies. Before data can be integrated or used in a data warehouse, CRM, ERP or business analytics application, its content,...
- Tags: Informatica, ROI, Migration, Data Integration, Informatica Data Explorer
- White papers 2007-03-26
- Informatica puts integration on demand
- Informatica puts integration on demandthanks for explaining about thisIt is an informative story about market recognition within very old activity areas, and hints at how to make such services profitable.Good fortune to Informatica.Tried it, Like It.We've tried out this tool and have been very impressed with its ease of use....
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Informatica
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Informatica puts integration on demand
- Want to work with your Salesforce.com data in Oracle or SQL Server? No time to build your own custom integration? From today, you can use Informatica On Demand, a hosted service from the enterprise data integration vendor. Im highlighting this new service because it breaks decisively with the tradition that...
- Tags: Integration
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
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