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Job² - cleverly automate scripts
Automatically executed tasks are part of every modern IT infrastructure. Even private users, for example, use the Windows autostart feature intuitively (or after a successful Google search). Things get more complicated when processes have dependencies...
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC)
Digital communication and processing have become indispensable in today's world. As a result, the flood of information is constantly increasing. Data is invaluable across all industries, but it also presents a major challenge. In order to...
Trello - Our smart solution for internal projects
For internal projects, we use the Trello tool, which is designed to not only improve self-organization within the team, but also to make work more agile. Furthermore, Trello implements the Scrum model, such as the good...
Splunk in combination with PowerCenter - the best of 2 leaders
We have recently started using Splunk in a customer project in addition to an ETL line with Informatica PowerCenter - here I would like to focus in particular on the possibilities that this combination offers. The tools But first a brief introduction...
Open Space & Private Area: Virtual rooms at in-factory
Internal communication: intelligent touchpoints and the "green salon" A company thrives on internal communication - in other words, the active exchange between colleagues, teams and departments. Even a pandemic doesn't bring the world to...
Internal (virtual) communication in times of pandemic
Corona has had us firmly in its grip for more than a year. This not only affects our private lives, but also our working environment. The majority of our in-factory colleagues are now working from home, and our annual...
SCRUM in the pandemic - what's new?
SCRUM is a process and collaboration model that supports agile software development. This approach has become standard in our projects. We successfully support this through the provision and maintenance of appropriately trained...
Exploring the general structure of PowerCenter - Part 3
PowerCenter since version 8 Things changed considerably in version 8 when Informatica introduced the Informatica Platform as "technical" basis for all future developments. The Informatica platform consists of a heap of web server applications (Tomcat / Apache) plus...
Exploring the general structure of PowerCenter - Part 2
Here it is the second part of the powercenter exploration triology. To the previous part PowerCenter up to Version 7.1.2 Until version 7.1.2, each PowerCenter installation would contain at least one repository but might have contained more (if the customer had...
Exploring the general structure of PowerCenter - Part 1
About PowerCenter & PowerMart When Informatica published its first software version in 1995, the software was called PowerMart (because it was designed to maintain data marts). The name PowerCenter was introduced around 1998 and - in the beginning - denoted a...
25 years of in-factory: A success story in facts and pictures
Many innovative ideas. A shared vision! Anniversary review and outlook from the management On May 30, 1996, in-factory was founded by the three computer scientists Erich Schlotterer, Urban Wymann and Gerald Weber - 25 years have passed since then. 25 years...
Silver anniversary for in-factory
Happy Birthday to us! Our quarter of a century! 9125 days, 300 months, 25 years - yes, that's a very long time. Strictly speaking, it all started in the mid-90s - with the first joint project of the young computer scientists Urban, Gerald and Erich: a...
Team spirit and productive work in Corona times
Coronavirus: Productive (remote) working. Especially in times like these, solidarity is more important than ever! And cohesion also means taking responsibility: For our employees. For society. That's why we have also adapted our previous work...
Summer, sun, company event: excursion to a magical natural paradise
Summer, sun, fun and pure nature! A very special summer event! Nestled in an enchanting natural paradise and surrounded by sun-drenched vineyards - right at the foot of the beautiful Kaiserstuhl. The ideal backdrop for this year's...
Christmas party 2020 - a murderously good atmosphere in Marktbreit
Crime scene: Marktbreit. Murder fun at the murder mystery dinner. It was that time again on January 25/26. Post-Christmas in-factory time. This time, the 2020 Christmas party took place in the historic castle cellar - in the middle of Marktbreit. An eerily beautiful backdrop. Deadly chic...