Informatica On Demand http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/ en Copyright 2008 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:10:40 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Informatica On Demand Blog Update The Informatica On Demand Blog has been retired.
For more information about Informatica's On-Demand Data Integration offerings please visit the Data Integration for On-demand solutions page.

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/04/informatica_on_demand_blog_upd.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/04/informatica_on_demand_blog_upd.html Informatica On Demand Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:10:40 -0800 Data Integration is a challenge for new SaaS architectures

Don Nanneman

History repeats itself…. again. We’ve all seen this happen before. New vendors enter established markets with solutions that meet the needs of an underserved constituency. Often times those solutions are based on some form of disruptive technology. Mini computers disrupted the mainframe business model. Then PCs and workgroup computing impacted the minicomputer model. We went from centralized to distributed and then personal computing and now we’re finding ourselves coming back full circle to a centralized computing model again with the Internet.

The adoption of SaaS as a solution’s approach and a business model has been driven by one of these waves of disruption. While the wave took hold first in the small business market and then fairly quickly moved to the mid-market we’re seeing a definite acceptance by the ‘fast followers’ in many leading large business Enterprises.

Which brings us to the topic of Data Integration. What made mainframes and, for the most part, minicomputers work was the fact that the applications and their data were generally all centralized. Workgroup computing broke that model, as evidenced by the proliferation of emailing of Gigabytes of MS Excel file attachments and various other shared documents. With the groundswell move to SaaS and the success of companies like salesforce.com, RightNow and Taleo we’re seeing data returning to a centralized repository again. However, since not all business applications are hosted and not all of those that are reside in the same data center, SaaS applications have the annoying habit of creating a significant Data Integration challenge for IT managers – that being how to integrate data outside the firewall with the rest of the business applications. That’s one of many key SaaS Data Integration challenges that we’ll be writing about over the next few weeks. We hope you find this forum useful and the content meaningful and helpful. Let us know what you think.

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/02/data_integration_is_a_challeng.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/02/data_integration_is_a_challeng.html Integration Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:15:15 -0800 Don Nanneman Don Nanneman Mr. Nanneman, Senior. Director Marketing, leads the Marketing effort for Informatica’s On Demand Business Unit developing and executing Informatica’s global SaaS marketing strategy. Prior to joining Informatica he drove the marketing strategy at Voxify, a leading SaaS call center automation pioneer, as VP Marketing creating 300% year over year revenue increases and market leadership recognition from leading analysts firms. Prior to Voxify, Mr. Nanneman served as VP of Marketing at Savvion, a leading BPM provider, a Group Marketing Manager at Octel Communications and held senior marketing positions at Apple Computer. Mr. Nanneman is a graduate of the Executive Education Program at UC Berkeley, and received a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the U.S. Navy Electronic Warfare Training Center.]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/01/don_nanneman.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/01/don_nanneman.html Author Biographies Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:44:34 -0800 Daniel Niemann Daniel Niemann Mr. Niemann, Senior Sales Director, is responsible for sales of Informatica’s On Demand data integration products and services. With over 10 years in Information Technology, he has broad experience in data integration software with prior roles at Informatica including Senior Director of Alliances, where he led the Informatica Systems Integrator sales channel and Director of Corporate Strategy where he led Informatica’s early sales efforts around data synchronization, migration, master data management and EDI. Mr. Niemann joined Informatica in 2000 through the acquisition of Zimba, where he was responsible for Sales and Business Development. Mr. Niemann began his career as an Associate with A.T. Kearney strategic consulting. He also holds a degree in Economics from Northwestern University.]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/01/daniel_niemann.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2008/01/daniel_niemann.html Author Biographies Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:35:13 -0800 Proven Techniques for salesforce.com Integration - Dreamforce Breakout Session If you are attending the salesforce.com Dreamforce 2007 conference (September 16-19) along with 7,000 other SaaS users, don’t miss this opportunity to learn proven and practical Salesforce integration strategies directly from your peers. Listen to Brocade and InfoStep discuss integration tools and implementation architecture strategies. Also, see On Demand integration services (No Software, No Appliance) in action – Live Demo from Tumbleweed Communications!

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/09/proven_techniques_for_salesfor.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/09/proven_techniques_for_salesfor.html News and Events Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:30:00 -0800 B-Eye Network Podcast: Integration on Demand with Don Tirsell Ron Powell, Editorial Director of B-Eye Network interviews Don Tirsell, Senior Director Product Marketing about “Integration On Demand”. Don discusses Informatica On Demand solutions that allow organizations to integrate the data between their outsourced applications and their on-premise systems and explains how it has been received by the market.

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]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/06/beye_network_podcast_integrati.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/06/beye_network_podcast_integrati.html Informatica On Demand Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:13:33 -0800 Informatica World 2007 – On-Demand BI Informatica's annual user conference was held in Orlando, Florida last week. Several sessions highlighted our on-demand strategy. Sohaib Abbasi, Informatica's CEO, demonstrated the Informatica On Demand hosted data integration service during his keynote session. He also talked about our on-going strategy for on-demand data integration.

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/05/informatica_world_2007_ondeman_1.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/05/informatica_world_2007_ondeman_1.html Integration Mon, 14 May 2007 01:49:06 -0800 Is SaaS Ready for the Mainstream? I recently read an article “Is the Mainstream Ready for SaaS?” published in IT-Director.com. I believe that the advantages of SaaS provide some real advantages for mainstream IT departments.

It's clear that IT departments are increasingly under pressure to reduce costs. A large percentage of IT budget goes to operations and maintenance of hardware, software, and infrastructure. As the cost of supporting infrastructure increases faster than the overall IT budget there is less money to spend on new applications and features.

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/05/is_saas_ready_for_the_mainstre.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/05/is_saas_ready_for_the_mainstre.html Integration Tue, 08 May 2007 21:16:26 -0800 SaaScon 2007 -- SaaS is here to stay We just wrapped up two days at SaaScon 2007 in Santa Clara, CA. It was amazing to hear so many presenters at this year’s conference talking about the economic advantages of the SaaS model. End-user's raved about how easy it is to implement and use SaaS applications. Service providers talked about how multi-tenancy allows them to concentrate all of their R&D efforts on building new features rather than porting to other technology stacks. It seems clear that the SaaS model is not just a fad, it is widely viewed as a fundamental change in the way software is built and delivered.

In my presentation I made some recommendations about how SaaS providers can provide superior integration capabilities that will accelerate the adoption of SaaS.

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/04/saascon_2007_saas_is_here_to_s.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/04/saascon_2007_saas_is_here_to_s.html News and Events Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:52:27 -0800 What is on-demand integration? By now I'm sure you've all heard about the on-demand software revolution. Salesforce.com continues to grow. SAP announced on-demand offerings. Dave Duffield launched Workday. Businesses have changed the way they buy application software because they like the low up-front cost, they want to deploy quickly, and they want to focus on business imperatives rather than manage hardware, software, backups and upgrades.

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/03/what_is_ondemand_integration_1.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/03/what_is_ondemand_integration_1.html Informatica On Demand Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:55:27 -0800 Event: Visit Informatica at SaaScon April 17-18, 2007 Visit us at SaaScon

April 17-18, 2007

Santa Clara Convention Center

Santa Clara, California

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/visit_informatica_at_saascon_a.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/visit_informatica_at_saascon_a.html News and Events Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:16:06 -0800 Press Release: Informatica Unveils Strategic Roadmap For On-Demand Data Integration Informatica Unveils Strategic Roadmap For On-Demand Data Integration

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/press_release_informatica_unve.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/press_release_informatica_unve.html News and Events Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:02:47 -0800 News Article: Data Integration Joins The On-Demand Craze Data Integration Joins The On-Demand Craze

]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/news_article_data_integration.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/news_article_data_integration.html News and Events Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:04:31 -0800 Todd Funasaki Todd Funasaki Todd Funasaki is Director of Product Marketing at Informatica where he is responsible for driving usage of Informatica On Demand Data Integration Services for cross enterprise integration and connectivity to SaaS applications. Todd has a wide expertise in all aspects of the data integration solutions and has been involved in over 20 large scale application implementation projects, including SAP and i2. Todd also spent over 3 years in the Informatica R&D organization where he was responsible for product direction of all connectivity products. Prior to Informatica, Todd served in roles as a project manager and solution architect at Deloitte Consulting where he managed ERP implementations and data synchronization projects between enterprise applications.]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/todd_funasaki_1.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/todd_funasaki_1.html Author Biographies Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:22:51 -0800 John Hegstrom John Hegstrom John Hegstrom has over 20 years of experience in information technology and data integration. He is responsible for the product strategy for Informatica On Demand, Informatica's cross-enterprise data integration initiative. Prior to joining Informatica Mr. Hegstrom served for four years as VP, Global Integration Services at Salesforce.com where he worked with companies large and small to integrate their business processes and data with the Salesforce.com platform.]]> http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/_john_hegstrom_1.html http://blogs2.informatica.com/ondemand/2007/02/_john_hegstrom_1.html Author Biographies Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:22:25 -0800