Improve Operational Efficiency by Maximizing the Value of Your Data
Each edition of Informatica PowerCenter supplies a unified enterprise data integration platform for accessing, discovering, and integrating data from virtually any business system, in any format, and delivering that data throughout the enterprise to improve operational efficiency.
Business analysts, IT organizations, and global development teams rely on PowerCenter as the foundation for all data integration projects and enterprise integration initiatives, including:
Because every data integration project is different and includes many variables—such as data volumes, latency requirements, IT infrastructure, and methodologies—Informatica offers three PowerCenter Editions and a suite of PowerCenter Options to meet your project’s and organization’s specific needs. Informatica Sales can help you choose the PowerCenter Edition that’s right for you.
Informatica PowerCenter Standard Edition
PowerCenter Standard Edition is a single, unified enterprise data integration platform for discovering, accessing, and integrating data from virtually any business system, in any format, and delivering that data throughout the enterprise to improve operational efficiency. Key features include:
- A high-performance data integration server
- A global metadata infrastructure
- Visual tools for development and centralized administration
- Productivity tools to facilitate collaboration among architects, analysts, and developers
Informatica PowerCenter Real Time Edition
Packaged for simplicity and flexibility, PowerCenter Real Time Edition extends PowerCenter Standard Edition with additional capabilities for integrating and provisioning transactional or operational data in real-time. PowerCenter Real Time Edition provides the ideal platform for developing sophisticated data services and delivering timely information as a service, to support all business needs. It provides the perfect real-time data integration complement to service-oriented architectures, application integration approaches, such as enterprise application integration (EAI), enterprise service buses (ESB), and business process management (BPM). Key features include:
- Change data capture for relational data sources
- Integration with messaging systems
- Built-in support for Web services
- Dynamic partitioning with data smart parallelism
- Process orchestration and human workflow capabilities
Informatica PowerCenter Advanced Edition
PowerCenter Advanced Edition addresses requirements for organizations that are standardizing data integration at an enterprise level, across a number of projects and departments. It combines all the capabilities of PowerCenter Standard Edition and features additional capabilities that are ideal for data governance and Integration Competency Centers, including:
- Dynamic partitioning with data smart parallelism
- Powerful metadata analysis capabilities
- Team-based development capabilities
- Web-based data profiling and reporting capabilities