Informatica is the first data integration vendor to join the association and follows on from its recent strategy of addressing integration challenges that span across corporate firewalls.
A recent survey of Informatica customers showed that nearly 95% regarded cross-enterprise data integration as a critical technology. Informatica has also been quite vocal in its support of integration competency centers (ICCs), which point towards a shared services approach for driving efficient and cost-effective integration across enterprise IT projects.
Orlando, Florida-based SBPOA is an independent body comprising over 250,000 services providers and outsourcing practitioners around the world. The company also goes by the name Shared Xpertise bvba in Europe, with headquarters located in Brussels.
