Informatica Brings Velocity To Enterprise Business Intelligence

Informatica Corporation, provider of an enterprise software platform for powering e-business and analytic applications, recently launched Velocity, a standardized methodology for guiding customers through the complete life cycle of data warehouse design, development, and deployment. Velocity is the first data warehousing methodology that supports the functionality of today's "next generation" technology for building and managing enterprise-class business intelligence solutions.

"Our collective experience wiecth successful data warehousing implementation approaches and techhniques is the bedrock of our consulting practice," said Tim Dilley, Vice President of Professional Services at Informatica." Through our work with nearly 300 decision support deployments built upon Informatica technology, we've seen first-hand the need for a consistent, structured approach to data warehousing deployment. Velocity is an effective approach to developing and executing the right solutions for our customers -- as quickly and efficiently as possible, without compromising sound planning, design, and deployment strategies."

According to industry analyst META Group, the data warehouse concept is maturing and development tools are growing more common, however data warehousing remains a challenging task with relatively high rates of failure compared to other IT projects. At the same time, data warehousing has become much more mission critical for businesses, making management less tolerant of production delays and failures. Velocity provides companies with an effective approach to deploying enterprise decision support systems to help ensure their success.

For more information or to receive an overview document from Informatica titled "Velocity: A Guide to Enterprise Decision Support," visit Informatica's Web site at http://www.informatica.com/services/index.html or call 800-970-1179.