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Accelerate and Streamline PowerCenter and Data Integration Project Deployment

Informatica® Professional ServicesSM successfully deploys Informatica PowerCenter® in hundreds of customer environments each year. Drawing on this extensive experience, Informatica Professional Services has developed the Informatica PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework.

This framework is an automated approach to implementing PowerCenter by migrating PowerCenter code and mappings through development and testing and into production, across multiple project environments. The framework is based on a set of centralized, metadata-driven procedures that provide full transparency into PowerCenter design and runtime object histories.

The framework can help your IT organization:

Quickly set up and configure a standardized PowerCenter and data integration project environment•

Establish a reliable and cost-effective change management strategy•

Integrate PowerCenter code objects with third-party version and change management tools•

Your IT organization can use the PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework to implement PowerCenter for a wide range of data integration projects—such as data migration, data warehousing, and master data management. It is ideal for large Integration Competency Center (ICC) or lean integration factory environments.

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Maximize the deployment •performance of PowerCenter while minimizing risks

Enhance the flexibility and •efficiencies of PowerCenter deployment while reducing costs

Cost-effectively support regulatory •compliance initiatives

Efficiently outsource code •development within a large Integration Competency Center or a lean integration factory environment

The PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework provides a metadata-driven approach for XML-based deployment for code promotion and code configuration.

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Standardized PowerCenter Environment and Project Setup

The PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework establishes a set of standard deployment procedures to:

Automate the setup of your PowerCenter environment and data integration project•

Minimize errors in PowerCenter configuration management tasks•

Maximize the deployment performance of PowerCenter in your environment•

These procedures include:

Creating and adding/removing PowerCenter resources (e.g., domains, services, OS profiles)•

Developing customized project roles•

Adding/removing project users and groups for project stages •

Creating and administering PowerCenter folders•

Assigning folder access permissions to groups•

Creating and administering database connections•

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The PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework documents and provides full transparency into PowerCenter design and run time object histories.

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Standardized PowerCenter Change Management and Deployment

The PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework establishes a set of unified, centralized processes to guide PowerCenter deployments in support of multiple data integration projects in multiple environments. These processes include:

Metadata-driven processes • that automate PowerCenter configuration and change-management procedures

A service-oriented process model• for centralized configuration- and change-management administration

An XML-based process• for reliable, reproducible, and economical code promotion, including rollback strategies for enhanced security and redundancy

The framework also provides a full history of code evolution, as well as real-time status and tracking of all PowerCenter code elements.

Integration of PowerCenter Code with Third-Party Version/Change Management Tools

The PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework enables PowerCenter design and run-time objects to be managed in standardized XML export files. This means that your IT organization can integrate PowerCenter code objects with most third-party version/change management software, such as Serena Dimensions, Rational ClearCase, and SubVersion. These integration capabilities enable your IT organization to establish a consistent and efficient process for outsourcing code development within a large ICC or lean integration factory environment.

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Benefits of PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework

Accelerate and streamline deployment• . The framework provides customizable workflows and parameter sets that demand fewer of your limited IT resources and speed the deployment of PowerCenter for any data integration project. As a result, your IT organization can recognize return on investment faster.

Maximize deployment performance• . The framework establishes automated procedures for PowerCenter change management, configuration management, and deployment. These procedures boost the deployment performance of PowerCenter by eliminating the risk of manual errors.

Minimize outage risks• . The evolution of PowerCenter repository objects can be verified, and any evolution stage of a PowerCenter-based application and can be reproduced easily at any time. The framework supplies a comprehensive and integrated rollback strategy and reliable failover mechanisms that minimize the impact of outages.

Enhance flexibility and efficiencies while reducing costs• . Thanks to standardized and automated setup and change management processes, the framework enables multiple data integration projects to host multiple environments with minimum setup and administration effort. The framework significantly reduces the time and money your IT organization spends in administering an ICC.

Support regulatory compliance• . Through the metadata-driven processes model, the framework furnishes a centralized, detailed history of all PowerCenter code configurations, configuration changes, and all code changes. This single view enables your IT organization to provide documentation to support compliance with a variety of government and industry regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley.

outsource code development• . The framework easily integrates PowerCenter repository objects into most third-party versioning/code management tools, such as Serena Dimensions, Rational ClearCase, and SubVersion. As a result, your IT organization can reap the cost advantages of outsourcing code development.

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Learn more about the PowerCenter Automated Deployment Framework. Please email Informatica Professional Services at ips@informatica.com for more information.

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