Informatica Launches Industry's First On Demand Data Synchronization Service For Cloud Computing

Tuesday, 04 November 2008 02:02

Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), the leading independent provider of data integration software and services, today announced Informatica On Demand Data Synchronisation Service for salesforce.com, the newest addition to its family of On Demand Data Integration Services. The new service automates the steps required to ensure that on-premise data is kept consistent and current with data in Salesforce CRM and the Force.com platform.  Now, business users can easily synchronise all their Salesforce CRM information, including customer, product, opportunity and sales data.

“Informatica continues to move the integration market into the cloud with the release of their Data Synchronisation Service for salesforce.com,” stated Andrew Leigh, Director Platform Marketing, salesforce.com. “Data integration remains a critical success factor for not only our large enterprise accounts but also for our mid-market customers and our community of Force.com developers. With this release, Informatica offers a comprehensive family of on demand services to meet customer needs.” Fast And Easy On Demand Synchronisation  Informatica On Demand Data Synchronisation Service provides Salesforce CRM administrators with a simple self-service capability to expedite time to value from their CRM implementation while reducing their reliance on IT. Key capabilities of the new Service include: * Intuitive web-based wizard with over 100 built-in functions for building transformation rules * Simple web-based management console for monitoring all data synchronisation jobs
“After comparing several solutions for integrating Salesforce CRM data with the rest of our IT systems, it became very evident that Informatica On Demand Data Synchronisation Service was clearly the best solution for our needs,” said Yvonne Tang, Business Systems Manager at New York Media.  “We were pleasantly surprised to find that Informatica On Demand offered everything we needed in a single, affordable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) package.  Not only were we able to develop all our integration tasks and deploy them into production in a matter of days, but their services were by far the easiest to use and had the most modern and intuitive user interface.” Data Synchronisation for Salesforce CRM administrators
“Informatica On Demand Data Synchronisation Service for salesforce.com advances our pioneering leadership by delivering progressively more sophisticated data integration solutions for salesforce.com,” said Ron Papas, general manager, Informatica On Demand.  “Our multi-tenant SaaS offerings are now being adopted by companies of all sizes, from small and mid-sized businesses to some of the largest organisations in the world.” Companies such as Belkin International Inc., Charter Communications, Chipworks, Dolby Labs, BAX Global, First Quality, A.W Hastings, Plantronics, Proquest, Vocollect, McGraw Hill, Florida Family Insurance, Real News Network, Diageo and BDB Payroll, are among a growing list of customers that are using Informatica On Demand to integrate their Salesforce CRM and Force.com data. Availability