Analyst Reports
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Enable Omnichannel Experience with a Single, Trusted View of Data
How you manage product data impacts omni-channel program success.
Managing Data Lakes: Builidng a Business case
Learn how to define and measure the TCO of data lake management for big data analytics
Best Practices for Migrating a Data Warehouse to the Cloud: A Guide for Microsoft Azure Customers
Consultant Wayne Eckerson describes best practices for migrating an enterprise data warehouse to Microsoft Azure.
AI/ML-Powered Data Management Enables Digital Transformation
Learn how businesses use AI and machine learning to drive big data analytics so they discover transformative insights faster
TDWI Checklist Report | Data Management Best Practices for Ongoing Regulatory Compliance
Data management for compliance
TDWI Checklist Report | Optiming Data Quality for Big Data
Checklist report on data quality for big data
IDC - Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services: Next Generation iPaaS - Market Note
This Market Note discusses the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services Winter 2017 release, announced in December 2017.
TDWI Checklist Report | Eight Requirements for the Intelligent Integration Hub
Learn best practices for implementing an intelligent data integration hub using automation and intelligence to orchestrate and govern the flow of data across the enterprise.
Informatica brings ‘CLAIRE-ity’ to partner strategy and embedded AIbased functionality
451 Research summarizes Informatica World announcements, highlighting CLAIRE and partnership announcements.
TDWI Checklist Report | Pathways to Cloud Data Warehouse Modernization
Moving to a cloud data warehouse requires a planned approach. In this TDWI Checklist Report discover 7 core capabilities that accelerate time to value.
Constellation Research: MDM vendor shortlist
The Constellation ShortList™ presents vendors in different categories of the market relevant to early adopters. In addition, products included in this document meet the threshold criteria for this category as determined by Constellation Research.
Amalgam Insights: Informatica Reimagines Customer Service for Hyperscale
Complex environments demand a new approach to service & support.
Intelligent Data Catalogs at the Forefront of Digital Transformation
Forbes Insights reports on AI-driven data catalogs that help business discover, uncover, and understand all data for advanced analytics.
Informatica (ICHS) - 2017 SOC 3 - Report.pdf
Independent Practitioner's Trust Services Report for the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Service (IICS) System
TDWI Report on Data Management for Data Lakes In the Cloud
This report discusses the leading data management best practices you need for data lakes to be successful when deployed in the cloud.
Data Investments as a Competitive Advantage
This CEB IT Leadership Council report distills Informatica CIO Graeme Thompson’s insights into the challenges of leading a data-driven digital transformation—and the actionable strategies that lead to success.
TDWI Checklist Report: The Data Catalog’s Role in the Digital Enterprise
TDWI’s data catalog report is essential reading to learn about modern data integration techniques so you can deliver accessible, timely data.
Data Management Best for Cloud and Hybrid Architectures
Data should be managed and governed holistically across all platforms, including the cloud.
Bloor InDetail Paper: Informatica Data Governance
An exploration of Informatica's intelligent data governance solution by Bloor Research, including data quality, data cataloging, compliance and privacy, and policy management, concluding that the solution contains "all the elements that you might look for."
How Decision-Makers Improve Their Marketing Data Quality
How and why decision-makers plan to improve marketing data quality in the year ahead
The MDM Landscape Q2 2017
Information Difference in its MDM Landscape Q2 2017 report recognizes Informatica as the clear leader in the master data management market.
Bloor: Managing Data Lakes
Learn how to optimize your data lake for productivity, collaboration, TCO, and ROI with Bloor's Managing Data Lakes report.
The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Fabric, Q4 2016
A Critical Platform For Enterprises To Succeed With Big Data Initiatives.
Nucleus Research: Informatica Is The Data Lake Lifeguard
Informatica’s Data Lake Management solution now provides industry-specific offerings and Nucleus expects that, for organizations that are drowning in a data lake, these new offerings will allow them to regain control.
HRG Assessment: Informatica’s Intelligent Data Platform (IDP)
Harvard Research Group (HRG) Analyst Report on Informatica’s Intelligent Data Platform (IDP)
Information Difference MDM Landscape Q2 2016
Informatica has been positioned as the clear leader in the Master Data Management (MDM) industry by a top research firm, The Information Difference. This report assesses vendors on their technology and market strength.
Contact Data Verification Strategies for Marketing and Sales
Benchmark report designed to help marketers develop effective strategies for verifying customer contact data. Based on a survey conducted by Ascend2 of 176 top marketing and sales leaders.
451 Research: Informatica World 2016: Observations On Its Strategic Course
Informatica continues to march on the data management and integration markets with improvements across its product portfolio, but a few market dynamics may influence some new strategic thinking.
Revolutionary Approaches to Marketing: Informatica Marketing Data Lake
This ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) impact brief recognizes Informatica’s innovation in enabling marketing organizations to revolutionize their efforts via new data sources, analytics, and accountability.
Leadership Benchmark Report on Marketing Data Management
A benchmark report based on research by Informatica and Ascend2
Data-Driven Marketing Trends Report
A research report by Informatica, Ascend2, and Dun & Bradstreet
451 Research: Informatica highlights its depth and breadth with Big Data Management update
Enterprises now face a disparate array of emerging data management vendors. With its 10.1 update, Informatica is focusing on the benefits of running a single, cohesive Big Data Management suite.
Forrester: Big Data Fabric Drives Innovation And Growth
Next-Generation Big Data Management Enables Self-Service And Agility
Building Data-Centric Security With Informatica Secure@Source to Gain Actionable Insights Into Sensitive Data Risk
In February 2016, Informatica announced its release of the second version of Secure@Source, a unified platform for identifying, analyzing, and quantifying sensitive data risk. This ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) Impact Brief details the announcement and recognizes Informatica’s innovation and leadership in the area of sensitive data risk and information security.
Ponemon - Data Breaches and Sensitive Data Risk (Full Report)
Informatica and Scale Venture - Data Breaches and Sensitive Data Risk Full Report
The “Ready, Aim, Fire” Approach to Safeguarding Your Sensitive Data
IT Security
TDWI Checklist Report: Modernizing Data Integration to Accommodate New Big Data and New Business Requirements
Data Integration Modernization
Informatica links Salesforce ecosystems, pitching a uniform cloud integration platform
The company is driving hard to enrich its Informatica Cloud integration platform as a service, hoping to become the preferred integration platform for customers of top IT vendor ecosystems.
Informatica links Salesforce ecosystems, pitching a uniform cloud integration platform
The company is driving hard to enrich its Informatica Cloud integration platform as a service, hoping to become the preferred integration platform for customers of top IT vendor ecosystems.
The Value of Strategic Supplier Data Management
This report explores the needs, capabilities, and technology required for a robust supplier data management program to support the expectations of increasingly complex supply chains.
Customer Data: The Missing Link To Strategic Success
A Constellation Research Big Idea Report by Ray Wang
The State of Data Security Intelligence
This Ponemon Institute’s research report reveals how organizations are using data security intelligence to assess and minimize risks to their sensitive and confidential information on premise and in the cloud.
Data-centric Security: A New Information Security Perimeter
Information security practices are in the midst of a major transition. Why? Traditional security defenses are no match for internal and targeted attacks that circumvent security controls and steal sensitive data. Furthermore, IT infrastructure (and sensitive data) is extending inside and outside the perimeter; as organizations embrace cloud computing, mobility (i.e., mobile applications, remote/mobile employees, users, etc.), and big data analytics tools. To address modern threats and IT mobility, CISOs must adopt two new security perimeters around data-centric security and identity.
Data-Driven Retail: The Path to Maximize the Shopper Experience
This report explores the challenges retailers face in harnessing data and analytics to better meet customer expectations across all interaction channels. It also provides an overview of the three core building blocks retailers must establish and nurture in order to maximize their performance through the effective use of data.
The SiriusDecisions Data Management Proficiency Assessment Model
Using our assessment model, marketing operations can gauge its current data management capabilities and create a path for improvement.
Ponemon 2016 State of IT Security and Data Protection Report
IT and security believe the risks of data breaches are growing, but they, nevertheless, maintain poor visibility into data and its risks.
Ensuring Your Success with Salesforce
7 Cloud Integration Techniques that Make the Difference
Comparative costs and uses for data integration platforms
Detailed research into typical use cases for data integration tools, including project size and total cost of ownership of tools vs. hand coding.
Maximizing Integration ROI from a Hybrid Application Environment
Nucleus Research found using a hybrid integration framework that can be optimized for both cloud and on-premise applications can lower initial and ongoing IT costs and maximize value over time.
Information Fabric 3.0
Informatica illuminates master plan for master data, serves up fresh cut
MDM Landscape Q2 2013
Informatica moves into process automation with Active Endpoints acquisition
Informatica announced the acquisition of Active Endpoints, a business process management (BPM) technology and services firm, and positioned Active Endpoints' Cloud Extend offering as a core component of its flagship Cloud service.
Ventana Research Value Index 2010: Agent Performance Management
Agent Performance Management