Demand for data integration drives expanded offerings across globe
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Informatica
Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), the leading independent provider of data
integration software, today announced new training offerings in South
Africa, Iberia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Leading IT and
data integration services providers have been authorized to deliver
education through the Informatica Authorized Education program:
-- In the UK, Agile Solutions Ltd., an Informatica partner and
value-added reseller, is now offering Informatica Authorized Education
to customers and partners
-- In Iberia, PowerData, a supplier of IT products and services for data
integration platforms, is providing Informatica Authorized Education
services
-- In the United States, Infocrest, a leading education and consulting
firm for data integration and data warehousing, will deliver the
training services to customers and partners both onsite and in
classrooms in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
-- In South Africa training is now offered directly through Informatica
South Africa.
"Informatica is committed to deepening and broadening its education
reach in key regional markets, both by teaming with local companies and by
launching direct-from-Informatica education programs, in order to meet the
increasing demand for trained data integration professionals and
Informatica product experts worldwide," said Roslyn Jones, vice president,
Global Education Services, Informatica. "Data integration and data quality
have established themselves as strategic imperatives in today's global
business environment, and these companies will help us deliver hands-on,
Informatica Authorized Education in the most cost-effective and convenient
manner to local customers and systems integrators as well as to local
subsidiaries of global customers and partners."
For information on Informatica Global Education Services, along with
courses and schedules, please visit
http://www.informatica.com/services/education_services. Please also visit
Agile at http://www.agilesolutions.co.uk , PowerData at
http://www.powerdataib.com/ and Infocrest at http://www.infocrest.com for
their specific Informatica product training schedules.
In the UK
Agile Solutions has education offerings on the Informatica PowerCenter
data integration platform, leveraging Agile's extensive experience in
end-to- end Informatica-based data integration implementations.
Customizable courses will be offered at Agile sites in Edinburgh, Glasgow
and the City of London as well as at customer sites.
"Specializing in the use of Informatica solutions, Agile possesses vast
consulting and field project experience, as well as practical experience in
the delivery of data integration training," said Mark Connelly, managing
director, Agile Solutions. "Our Informatica Authorized instructors are
accomplished practitioners who work with Informatica solutions every day.
Their practical experience is proving invaluable to participants who cite
dramatic productivity improvements when they return to their projects."
In Iberia
PowerData is offering education on PowerCenter, Informatica Data
Quality and Informatica PowerExchange. A pioneer in the data integration
market in Iberia, PowerData has been an Informatica distributor since 1999.
"The demand for knowledgeable data integration professionals is rapidly
rising in Southern Europe, fueled by an increasing number of companies
implementing data integration and data quality initiatives," said Juan
Onate, President, PowerData. "Further extending our partnership with
Informatica will enable IT professionals in Spain and Portugal to keep pace
with the latest development of Informatica's products, allowing them to
improve their skills and fully leverage the potential of Informatica-based
solutions."
In North America
Infocrest will be opening two public training facilities, in Nevada and
the Milwaukee area, and will also be offering onsite classes. Founded in
1997, Infocrest is focused on implementing Informatica solutions. The
company has already delivered Informatica education to hundreds of Fortune
1000 clients and will now be offering Informatica Authorized Education on
the full range of Informatica solutions.
"Infocrest has been working with Informatica and our customers and
partners for ten years," said Jean Abi-Jaoude, founder and CEO, Infocrest.
"We are proud to have had a degree of influence in helping to shape the
PowerCenter platform over the years, and look forward to sharing our
extensive Informatica product knowledge with customers and partners on an
extended basis going forward."
In South Africa
In South Africa, Informatica South Africa is offering training on
PowerCenter and Informatica Data Quality.
"We have seen a huge uptake of data integration and data quality
solutions in South Africa, which has resulted in a huge demand for highly
skilled resources," said Paul van Aswegen, general manager, Informatica
South Africa." By offering an authorized education facility, whereby
participants can become fully enabled on Informatica solutions, we will be
able to provide significantly increased value to our customers and partners
alike, as well as allowing the respective individuals to greatly improve
their skills and fully leverage the potential of Informatica-based
solutions."
About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA) is the leading independent
provider of enterprise data integration software and services. With
Informatica, organizations can gain greater business value by integrating
all their information assets from across the enterprise. More than 2,950
companies worldwide rely on Informatica to reduce the cost and expedite the
time to address data integration needs of any complexity and scale. For
more information, call +1 650 385 5000 (1 800 653 9871 in the U.S.), or
visit http://www.informatica.com.
Note: Informatica, Informatica Data Quality, PowerExchange and
PowerCenter are registered trademarks or trademarks of Informatica
Corporation in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world.
All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of
their respective owners.
SOURCE Informatica Corporation
 back to top
Related links:
http://www.informatica.com
CONTACT:
Deborah Wiltshire of Informatica Corporation,
+1-650-385-5360, cell, +1-650-862-8186,
dwiltshire@informatica.com; or Donna Lyon of Text 100,
+1-415-593-8478, cell, +1-650-248-1587, informatica@text100.com,
for Informatica Corporation
|
