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What Salesforce’s acquisition of Informatica means for PowerCenter users

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Date Published
Author
Andrew Petersen
Word Count
439
Company Posts That Month
20
Language
English
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No
Summary

Salesforce’s acquisition of Informatica is presented as increasing uncertainty for PowerCenter users, particularly around support timelines, product roadmaps, pricing, and the potential prioritization of SaaS-based offerings over on-premises or hybrid deployments. Organizations operating across multiple clouds, legacy systems, and regulated environments may face challenges if Informatica becomes more tightly integrated into the Salesforce ecosystem. The passage positions CData Sync as an alternative for teams seeking to migrate from PowerCenter gradually while retaining deployment control, hybrid architecture support, change data capture, broad system connectivity, and connection-based pricing without usage fees. It encourages organizations to evaluate CData Sync as a self-hosted, cloud-managed, or fully hosted option rather than waiting for further changes following the acquisition.

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