Informatica integrates data here and there

08.03.2007
Informatica Corp. on Thursday released an on-demand service for swapping data between software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and on-premise application software.

The Informatica On Demand Data Replicator lets companies integrate data between Salesforce.com and two in-house databases: Oracle Corp.'s Database and Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server.

Informatica, best-known for its PowerCenter suite of enterprise data integration software, first announced that they were working on this on-demand service last year.

The service requires only the use of Web browser to configure. It can be used by IT staff or business users, and setup can be completed in less than an hour, according to John Hegstrom, director of product management for Informatica On Demand.

"You don't need to write any code, you don't need to install any developer tools," he said.

Informatica will add connectivity to other databases such as IBM's DB2 and MySQL if there appears to be customer demand, Hegstrom added.