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4 Reasons to Build a Data-Ready Organization
4 Reasons to Build a Data-Ready Organization In the new computing age of engagement, the world of data expands beyond transaction data in database applications and in cloud services to include...
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3 Business Alignment Opportunities for CIOs
Business Alignment Opportunities In my interviews of CIOs, they have told me that connecting what IT is doing to business strategy remains their highest priority, even above things like improving...
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Data Governance – Eating the Elephant One Bite at a Time
Data governance supports many different business objectives, in areas such as cost control and risk reduction, enabling advanced analytics to support better decision making, driving more targeted...
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Asset in, Garbage Out: Measuring Data Degradation
Republished, by popular demand Following up on the discussion I started on GovernYourData.com (thanks to all who provided great feedback), here’s my full proposal on this topic: Data relevance We all...
View ArticleEven a Best-case Scenario Requires 60% Data Integration
The question that led to this blog posting is “how much data is moved between applications in a perfect portfolio”. A perfect application portfolio is one that has no functional overlaps and has been...
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Advancing Data-Driven Projects in Your Organization
This is a guest post from SSG, an Informatica Elite Partner specializing in Data Integration, DQ, MDM and ILM. The author is John Nettuno, the leader of the SSG Data Management practice. Advancing...
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Our Commitment to Powering the Data-Ready Enterprise
Powering the Data-Ready EnterpriseInformatica’s goal, simply stated, is to become the leading independent provider of software for ‘all things data.’ This goal is a natural extension of our track...
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Champions Compete Against Themselves: Announcing Informatica v10
Champions Compete Against ThemselvesUsain Bolt is often spoken of as the fastest runner ever measured. In 2008, Bolt set an Olympic record in the 100 meters, finishing in 9.69 seconds. But Bolt didn’t...
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Illusion Series – Episode III: If a Tree Falls In A Forest and Nobody is Around
Does it make a sound? Is it real? Who would know? Who would care? If this behemoth falls, do you know where the nearest saw mill is and if to make pellets or a bed frame out of it? The more I talk to...
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Data Democracy Requires Bimodal Data Governance
Data relevance has become more important than ever before We are living in an “age of annoyance.” Today, our overloaded brains must process, on the average, over 7,000 pieces of information each day....
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Reflections on our First 100 Days as a Private Company
Anil ChakravarthyIt has been a busy and productive three months since Informatica went private, and I wanted to take a moment to reflect on Informatica’s accomplishments and progress to date. One of...
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Are Social CIOs More Effective? (And, Better Yet, More Efficient?)
When I was a startup CEO, I found the position lonely at times. There was only so much that I could share with my board or even with my leadership team. Regardless of business function, leadership can...
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Get Started Quickly with Data Governance
Get Started Quickly with Data Governance Recently, Informatica hosted our MDM and Data Governance Summit in London. (For those of you unable to make it, have no fear. Informatica will be hosting...
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Part 1: The Economics of IT Service Management
The Economics of IT Service Management IT Service Management can improve bottom-line profits, manage risks and regulatory compliance, provide a consistent customer experience across products and...
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Data Management Trends in 2016 – Our Predictions
Data Management Trends in 2016If I am asked to make a couple of predictions regarding major data trends in 2016, at top of my list would be these: Metadata (data about data) will be ubiquitous and...
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2016: The Year of Data and Relevance
Last week, I read a post by Tim Crawford, a former CIO, who proclaimed 2016 as the year of data and relevance. Although Tim meant many things from his pronouncement, I was left wanting to answer an...
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Data is the New Control Point
Data is the New Control PointAs consumers, we are now used to having an app for everything. Apps are easy to develop, easy to deploy and easy to change. Apps are modular and lightweight. High school...
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Data Skills Shortage, Yes, But Also a Creativity Shortage
Looking for Data Scientists! Deloitte recently issued a set of forward-looking predictions to the year ahead, and two threads run through the course of these predictions. First, there has been a huge...
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Busting Data Management Myths
Busting Data Management MythsMythology is a crucial component of culture. As time passes, groups create collections of tales they tell to explain their world and their ways. Often, through...
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CIO Directions for 2016 and Beyond
Over the last few weeks, I have been asking CIOs in the #CIOChat about their thoughts for 2016. CIOs’ answers fit into two buckets. First was regarding the need to change IT and the second was...
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