Informatica Cloud -- a professional level product for professional organizations
February 20, 2019

Informatica Cloud -- a professional level product for professional organizations

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Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Informatica Cloud

We currently use Informatica Cloud to integrate data between our Oracle financial system, Salesforce.com and our internal transactiton processing system. Being cloud-based, we do not have the added overhead of maintaining our own server infrastructure to implement this solution. Informatica Cloud is a critical part of allowing us to meet both our technical and business requirements.

Pros

  • Informatica Cloud has a relatively easpy learning curve for new users and developers
  • Multiple database sources and targets are easily defined
  • Extensive built-in features and functions allow us to define the required mapping for our data needs

Cons

  • Some of the error messages are cryptic and difficult to discern the meaning and cause of the error
  • The ability to use sophisticted and complex SQL is somewhat limited
  • Some of the syntax for the built-in data formatting is a little difficult to understand
  • Informatica Cloud has proven itself a worthwhile investment as it has allowed us to "retire" numerous other data systems through integration
  • The only negative to Informatica Cloud (the same with most other tools) is the substantial upfront cost of implementation (licensing/professional services, etc.)
Having used SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) in the past, Informatica Cloud was a huge-step up in functionality, usability and performance. Hands-down, Informatica Cloud is a much more robust product overall. While SSIS is well-suited for specific instances (i.e. SQL Server-specific implementations), Informatica Cloud is a much better product as an overall integration/transformation tool.
Informatica Cloud is a great tool for use when data must be formatted consistently. Once configured, it is very robust and reliable. It is also well-suited for an organization without a robust IT staff to maintain a full server infrastructure. It offers a cost-effective approach to high-quality data integration for even the largest organizations. Organizations without staff experienced in data analytics may find it challenging to take advantage of the more complex results of this tool.

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services Feature Ratings

Cloud Data Integration
6.7
Pre-built connectors
6
Connector modification
5
Support for real-time and batch integration
7
Data quality services
7
Data security features
7
Monitoring console
8

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