Informatica and IBM Collaborate on Scalable Data Warehousing Solutions

Strategic Insights -

Informatica Corp., a leading provider of software for deploying enterprise business intelligence and analytic applications, has launched an initiative with IBM to deliver scalable data warehousing solutions to users of IBM's DB2 Universal Database. The collaboration brings together Informatica's PowerCenter 1.5 and PowerMart 4.5 software with IBM's DB2 Universal Database, enabling customers to rapidly deploy data warehouses and data marts in heterogeneous environments.

The primary benefits of this initiative include robust scalability from departmental data marts to enterprise data warehouses, as well as a powerful, metadata-driven business intelligence architecture that permits incremental implementation of smaller data marts and terabyte-size data warehouses.

Key Takeaways:

  • Informatica's PowerCenter 1.5 and PowerMart 4.5 software will be ported to IBM's DB2 Universal Database, allowing customers to deploy data warehouses and data marts in heterogeneous environments.
  • The collaboration will enable customers to leverage the scalability of DB2 Universal Database, from departmental data marts to enterprise-wide data warehouses.
  • Informatica's PowerCenter and PowerMart software will run on UNIX and NT servers, use Windows 95 and Windows NT clients, and work seamlessly with all major databases.
  • The initiative is expected to deliver clear value-add to customers, with Informatica and IBM providing a comprehensive solution for business intelligence and analytic applications.
  • The collaboration will enable customers to implement small data marts incrementally, as well as deploy large-scale enterprise data warehouses.

Statistics:

  • 290 customers worldwide use Informatica's software products.
  • The collaboration will enable customers to deploy data warehouses and data marts in heterogeneous environments, including mainframe sources, with DB2 Universal Database as the target database on UNIX and Windows NT.
  • The initiative is expected to deliver robust scalability, with the ability to implement small data marts incrementally and deliver terabyte-size data warehouses.
  • Informatica distributes its products through a network of direct and indirect sales channels covering the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Sources:

  • Informatica Corp. press release, August 24, 1998
  • IBM DB2 Universal Database product page
  • Informatica Corporate Web site at http://www.informatica.com