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What to Look for in a Cloud Integration Solution

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Darren Cunningham, Informatica Cloud Product MarketingRon Lunasin, Informatica Cloud Product Management

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Integration: Do You Have a Plan?

SaaS

PaaS

IaaS Salesforce without integration is like a house on a beautiful island

with no way to get there.

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The Cloud Integration Challenge

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Integration Drives Cloud Application Success

Greater Adoption Stronger Connection More Business Value

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Cloud Integration Options

Outsource Cloud ServicesOn-Premise Tools for IT

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Hand Code Free Tools

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Evaluating Cloud Integration Solutions

1. Multitenant vs. Hosted

2. Rapid Deployment

3. Ease of Use

4. IT or LOB Usability

5. Scalability

6. Vendor Viability

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Multitenant vs. Hosted

Multitenant Architecture

Benefits:Benefits:

Rapid InnovationRapid Innovation

Seamless UpgradesSeamless Upgrades

Better Quality SoftwareBetter Quality Software

Questions to Ask:Questions to Ask:

How frequently to you deliver new releases?How frequently to you deliver new releases?

How are upgrades delivered?How are upgrades delivered?

How do you monitor usage / adoption?How do you monitor usage / adoption?

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Is There a Trust Site?

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Ease of Use

Benefits:Benefits:

EfficiencyEfficiency

IntuitivenessIntuitiveness

SatisfactionSatisfaction

Questions to Ask:Questions to Ask:

How are new customers on-boarded?How are new customers on-boarded?

Do you have a self-service trial?Do you have a self-service trial?

Is there a community site to learn from others?Is there a community site to learn from others?

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IT or LOB Usability…or Both?

IT developer

Likes to write code

Integration experience

Benefits:Benefits:

End-user empowermentEnd-user empowerment

IT governanceIT governance

Alignment / collaborationAlignment / collaboration

Questions to Ask:Questions to Ask:

What skills are required to run the service?What skills are required to run the service?

Can you deliver controlled self-service for LOB?Can you deliver controlled self-service for LOB?

Is their interoperability with our in-house tools?Is their interoperability with our in-house tools?

SaaS admin / analyst

Wants clicks not code

Operational experience

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Rapid Deployment

Benefits:Benefits:

Live in Days, Not MonthsLive in Days, Not Months

Fewer IT ResourcesFewer IT Resources

Accelerated ROIAccelerated ROI

Questions to Ask:Questions to Ask:

How are new customers on-boarded?How are new customers on-boarded?

Do you have a self-service trial?Do you have a self-service trial?

Is there a community site to learn from others?Is there a community site to learn from others?

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Scalability

Benefits:Benefits:

CostsCosts

Elasticity Elasticity

Questions to Ask:Questions to Ask:

Can you share performance data?Can you share performance data?

Can you handle simple & complex requirements?Can you handle simple & complex requirements?

On-premises Data Integration Integration as a Service

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Vendor Viability

Benefits:Benefits:

Trusted StandardTrusted Standard

Certified ConsultantsCertified Consultants

Long-term SolutionLong-term Solution

Questions to Ask:Questions to Ask:

Investors? Last Round of Funding?Investors? Last Round of Funding?

Profitability?Profitability?

Customer and Industry Analyst References?Customer and Industry Analyst References?

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InformaticaThe #1 independent leader in Data Integration

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• Customers: 4,061• 84 of Fortune 100• 87%+ of Dow Jones• Government organizations in 20 countries• # 1 in Customer Loyalty Rankings

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Informatica Cloud

ServicesBusinessManagers Migrate ValidateMonitorSync Replicate

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PlatformSIs, ISVs, Developers Custom

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The Informatica CloudThe Industry’s Broadest Cloud Integration Portfolio

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Primary Use Cases:

ERP Synchronization

Data ValidationData Validation

Reporting & Data Quality

ComplianceCompliance

Customer MasterCustomer Master

Oppty OrderOppty Order

Pricing MasterPricing Master

Product MasterProduct Master

Data QualityData Quality

BI ReportingBI Reporting

MigrationMigration

Data Loading

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Informatica Cloud Services

True SaaS-based Integration

Easy-to-Use Wizards

Try Before you Buy

LOB Self-Service / IT Control

Scalable, High-Performance: +8B transactions/month

Informatica is the Data Integration market-leader

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