Data integration to cloud via Amazon EC2

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Data integration to cloud via Amazon EC2

Informatica Corp., one of the last of the standalone data integration software vendors, is bringing its on-premise enterprise software to Amazon.com's hosted service EC2.

The service is aimed at data integration developers who are increasingly hosting data on Amazon.com's S3 data storage service, Pancha said. It may also help Informatica, which tends to sell to enterprises with large data integration needs, win smaller customers.

"We believe that we are the first to offer data integration in the cloud," Pancha said. "This is green field for us. Over time, others will follow us. Ultimately, it will be our traditional competitors."

"In the past five years, we have not competed against GoldenGate. And the reason for it is that we provide distinctly different technologies. The best way to characterize GoldenGate technology would be for data movement applications and that's why they are used primarily for high availability," Abbasi said. "The competitive landscape has not changed much over the years ... I expect that we will continue to enjoy as strong a partnership with Oracle as we do with HP and SAP and Microsoft."

computerworld