Informatica and Google Cloud Partner to Provide AI-Driven Integration with Full Lifecycle API Management

By STS News Desk On Jul 16, 2018

Google Cloud and Informatica Combine Industry-leading API Management and iPaaS to Accelerate Digital Transformation
Enables users with a wizard-driven drag and drop that allows them to point to any application or data and turn it into a managed API with just one click
Provides full accessibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, to enable data-driven decisions and fuel innovation cycles
Accelerates user ability to connect data and applications across the enterprise, on-premises and in the cloud, for better business outcomes

Informatica^®, the enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced it has partnered with Google Cloud’s Apigee product group, in a best-of-breed alliance to provide enterprises with a unified API management and integration solution. The partnership between these two companieswill allow organizations to quickly leverage data and applications that are deployed in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, creating a continuously connected business that drives enterprise-wide agility through innovations in AI-driven integrations and APIs.

With Informatica Integration Cloud for Apigee, customers can develop APIs for accessing applications, data and metadata more easily and they benefit from AI-driven predictive analysis and recommendations powered by the Informatica CLAIRE ^™ engine. Informatica Integration Cloud for Apigee, built on Informatica’s industry-leading iPaaS, simplifies developing and managing APIs with zero code. Developers, integrators, and analysts will be able to point to any data or application, turn it into a secure, managed API with the click of a button, and then integrate and orchestrate business processes with a simple, wizard-driven drag and drop.

The partnership between Google Cloud and Informatica includes product-level integrations to help enterprises automatically publish Informatica business integration processes and data as secure, managed API endpoints to the Apigee Edge API Platform and quickly build secure API proxies by automatically discovering Informatica business integration data and processes. Additionally, Apigee will have the ability to offer its customers an Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services integrated edition within the Apigee Edge API Platform.

Supporting Quotes

Ed Anuff

“Modern business isn’t just about adopting a mobile strategy or using the cloud to generate efficiency savings,” said Ed Anuff, director of product management, Google Cloud. “Enterprises are leveraging new integrations for seamless workflows that allow them to use data and applications to create remarkable experiences for their customers, employees and partners. With the product-level integrations between Apigee Edge and Informatica’s Integration Cloud, we can deliver end-to-end API lifecycle management and integration capabilities to help enterprises accelerate their journey to become modern, connected digital businesses.”

Ronen Schwartz

“As our customers’ enterprise API programs gain traction and they accelerate their adoption of the cloud, they are required to solve for broader application and data integration challenges,” said Ronen Schwartz, senior vice president and general manager, Big Data, Cloud and Data Integration, Informatica. “Enterprises require both integration platforms and API management to create an advanced, comprehensive integration platform and our partnership with Google Cloud offers the broadest connectivity and integration on the market.”