Main products[edit]
Informatica's product is a portfolio focused on Data Integration: ETL, Information Lifecycle Management, B2B
Data Exchange, Cloud Data Integration, Complex Event Processing, Data Masking, Data Quality, Data
Replication, Data Virtualization, Master Data Management, Ultra Messaging; currently at version 9.6
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These
components form a toolset for establishing and maintaining enterprise-wide data warehouses. It has a
customer base of over 5,000 companies.
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In 2006, Informatica launched its Informatica Cloud business.
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Working Architecture[edit]
Informatica PowerCenter, the flagship tool of Informatica works on basis of transformations which transform
data in multiple ways.
Type of transformations:
Active : One that can change the number of rows being output.
Passive : One that cannot change the number of rows being output.
Transformations examples:
Source qualifier - conversion of source datatypes to Informatica datatypes
Expression - transforming data with functions
Lookups - joining data with lookups
Sorter & Aggregator - sorting and aggregating data
Update Strategy expressions
Transaction control - how to create transactions and control commits and rollbacks
Java transformation - invoking Java methods, variables, third-party API's and built-in packages with Java
transformation
Financial results[edit]
Informatica headquarters in Redwood City
2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Revenue (USD)
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948,171,000 811,571,000 783,779,000 650,076,000 500,693,000
Net Income (USD)
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86,400,000 93,180,000 117,500,000 86,320,000 64,210,000