Achieve Data Intelligence with Trusted Data and AI At the Informatica World virtual event in April, we unveiled our Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC), the industry’s only intelligent data management cloud. The IDMC is an industry-first, cloud-native, most comprehensive, AI-powered with the CLAIRE engine, end-to-end data management platform delivering intelligent cloud services. Our goal with IDMC is to drive digital transformation in enterprises by putting data at the core of their business initiatives and decisions. Today, we are excited to announce Intelligent D ..read more

Digital transformation is having a broad and meaningful impact on some of the healthcare industry’s most intractable challenges. With better access to personal health information, newly empowered patients are making informed treatment decisions and have higher expectations regarding procedure and price transparency. Healthcare providers must respond faster and dispense high-quality care within a framework of compliance and cost-containment guidelines. In addition, healthcare providers are scrambling to adjust their business and care delivery models to improve care outcomes while ensuring safe ..read more

Having spent the better part of my career in the data space—14 years with Pfizer as Director of Global Data Management, and now 9 years with Informatica as VP of Data Governance—data is clearly an area I’m passionate about. So I was intrigued when I heard that someone who I think very highly of—Barry Green, a seasoned Chief Data Officer—had co-authored a book on the subject. The book, Data Means Business, has been written as a practical guide for business leaders who want to learn how to use data strategically. It couldn’t have come at a more exciting time, as advancing technology empowers us ..read more

Across every industry from financial services to healthcare, companies are creating, storing, analyzing, and leveraging data more than ever before to combat fraud, find new cures to deadly diseases, and automate entire industries with data-powered artificial intelligence and machine learning robotics.  Modern data integration, data quality, and data engineering technologies have made it easier than ever to access, transform, standardize, cleanse, and store data in a cloud data warehouse or lake for analysis and reporting. Accessing all this data is great for today’s data savvy enterprise ..read more

Financial services organizations cannot afford to take short cuts when it comes to managing data for their business needs. Whether you are a credit union, a life insurance company, a retail brokerage, or a Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB), it is critically important to ensure every business unit, application, and end user has access to timely, trusted, transparent, and secure data to: Enhance customer experience Expand wallet share Strengthen risk management and compliance Combat fraud and protect customers Accelerate value from mergers and acquisitions Despite the availability of ..read more

The new year brings new challenges and opportunities across the financial services industry as banks, brokerages, and life and P&C insurance companies prepare to enter it with enthusiasm and caution. To help shed some light on what might be in store, I’ve compiled a list of the top predictions in 2021 across financial services:  The industry will need to brace itself from further credit losses and balance sheet exposures: According to Forbes, Forrester Research predicts, “In 2021, banks will move from benevolence to risk management: increasing foreclosures, cutting down on small bus ..read more

As the end of 2020 approaches and the holiday season is in full swing, we’re raising our glasses to celebrate our Informatica customers—our Intelligent Data Disruptors. Our customers have made 2020 a monumental year with their data-driven initiatives. Here are a few success stories we’re excited to shine some extra light on this holiday season: Transforming Student and Mission Outcomes With Cloud Austin Community College has transformed the learning experience for their students in this virtual world. Through their use of Informatica Cloud Data Integration, they’re able to integrate Salesfor ..read more

As organizations across the board face new challenges in these disruptive times, now more than ever data leaders need strategies that deliver business value. In conversations with customers, I’ve heard first-hand how important it is to create a data strategy that’s based on business outcomes. To develop these strategies and succeed in the digital age, organizations must tap into the potential of women, according to Forbes. Last week I had the pleasure of hosting a virtual gathering of women data leaders with Informatica President Tracey Newell. Together with a panel of leaders from Edward Lif ..read more

I recently had conversations with several data governance leaders who expressed concerns related to the scope of work involved in launching a data governance program. There are plenty of books and white papers promoting examples of robust programs with huge teams. And plenty of technology vendors, anxious to impress, tout the robust features available to solve the most complex use cases. All of this lead many to the conclusion that data governance is a competency and a massive investment best left to the largest and most complex organizations. The current approach using spreadsheets and ..read more

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