Sleep goods maker Select Comfort picks INFA's data integration software
31 Aug '05
3 min read
Enterprise data integration software provider Informatica Corporation (INFA) announced mattress maker Select Comfort Corporation has selected Informatica PowerCenter Advanced Edition to power its move from departmental reporting to a centralized enterprise data warehouse.
By integrating data on customers, orders, costs, inventory and operations from across the organization for analysis, PowerCenter Advanced Edition will enable Select Comfort to more effectively analyze customer behavior and changing market patterns, and respond more quickly to emerging business opportunities.
"Informatica's robust data integration capabilities will give us much-needed flexibility as they look at new channels, products and customers, and as they move to address fast-developing market opportunities," said Mike Thyken, chief information officer, Select Comfort.
"After an extensive review in which they evaluated other tools on the market, they chose Informatica's PowerCenter Advanced Edition platform for the comprehensive set of metadata analysis and reporting capabilities they could leverage with the data warehouse and other enterprise applications. Two powerful benefits they anticipate with Informatica are a lower total cost of ownership and faster time to market."
"Like many fast-growing companies, Select Comfort has outgrown a departmentally organized information infrastructure and is moving to provide decision-makers with a view of the entire enterprisebased on access to more timely, accurate and complete data," said John Entenmann, executive vice president of corporate strategy and marketing at Informatica. "We're pleased
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