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Business Wire
a day ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Informatica Expands Partnership with Databricks as Launch Partner for Managed Iceberg Tables and OLTP Database Service at Data + AI Summit 2025
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an AI-powered enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Databricks at the 2025 Data + AI Summit. Informatica is a launch partner for two major innovations from Databricks—Managed Iceberg Tables and Databricks Lakebase, a first-of-its-kind, modern database built for AI. Informatica also unveiled GenAI-focused enhancements to its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform to accelerate data and AI at scale with Databricks. These announcements further strengthen Informatica's leadership in cloud data management and its deep integration with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Support/Launch Partner for Databricks' New Managed Iceberg Tables As a launch partner for Databricks Managed Iceberg Tables, Informatica enables customers to ingest, cleanse, govern and transform Iceberg-format data at enterprise scale. This allows organizations to convert any data to Iceberg format and leverage open table formats with confidence while maintaining high-performance analytics and AI workloads on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Launch Partner/Connectivity for Databricks' New OLTP Database Informatica is also a launch partner for Databricks Lakebase, a new fully managed, Postgres-compatible database that supports high-volume transactions. Informatica enables seamless data loading and transformation from over 300 sources into the Databricks PostgreSQL service. This will help customers support transactional database (OLTP) use cases by leveraging all their enterprise data assets within the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, providing uniform enterprise data management for analytics, AI and now transactional workloads. Accelerating GenAI Adoption with CAI for Mosaic AI In addition, Informatica is introducing new capabilities aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI agents and GenAI on Databricks Mosaic AI, Databricks' suite of AI solutions that helps enterprises build and deploy quality AI agent systems. These include: Mosaic AI connectors for Cloud Application Integration (CAI): Rapidly deploy AI agents that integrate enterprise data with Mosaic AI through a no-code interface. GenAI Recipes for CAI: Pre-configured templates that simplify and speed up GenAI application development and deployment. Enhanced Volume Support for Databricks Integration New volume support for Informatica's Cloud Data Integration (CDI) and Cloud Data Ingestion and Replication (CDIR) allows Databricks customers to move and manage non-tabular datasets more efficiently via Unity Catalog—reinforcing Informatica's strength in no-code, governed data integration. 'As a launch partner for our Managed Iceberg Tables and Lakebase, Informatica is committed to supporting Databricks' goal of helping customers leverage open table formats,' said Roger Murff, VP of Technology Partners at Databricks. 'With Informatica's support for GenAI through Databricks Mosaic AI connectors and GenAI recipes, we're enabling enterprises to streamline AI initiatives that harness data intelligence and create real business impact.' 'Informatica continues to be at the leading edge of Generative AI, enabling our joint customers to build a data foundation of trusted, AI-ready data,' said Rik Tamm-Daniels, Group Vice President of Strategic Ecosystems and Technology at Informatica. 'As a launch partner, today's announcement showcases our ongoing commitment to innovating with Databricks to maximize customer value through deep product enhancement and partnership alignment.' Join Informatica at DAIS 2025 Informatica invites attendees to visit booth #325 at the Databricks Data + AI Summit to explore how Informatica and Databricks are jointly driving the future of AI and enterprise data management. About Informatica Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, helps businesses unlock the full value of their data and AI. As data grows in complexity and volume, only Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ delivers a complete, end-to-end platform with a suite of industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage and unify data across any cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. Powered by CLAIRE® AI, Informatica's platform integrates natively with all major cloud providers, data warehouses and analytics tools— giving organizations the freedom of choice, avoiding vendor lock-in and delivering better ROI by enabling access to governed data, simplifying operations and scaling with confidence. Trusted by 5,000+ customers in nearly 100 countries—including over 80 of the Fortune 100—Informatica is the backbone of platform-agnostic, cloud data-driven transformation.
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Hightouch Awarded 2025 Databricks Retail and Consumer Goods ISV Partner of the Year at Data + AI Summit
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hightouch, the pioneering data and AI agents platform for marketers, is honored to announce its recognition as the 2025 Databricks Retail and Consumer Goods ISV Partner of the Year. Presented at the annual Data + AI Summit, the award highlights Hightouch's exceptional contributions and innovations in bridging data warehouses with marketing and business tools to power personalized customer experiences. Over the past year, Hightouch has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to helping enterprise organizations build data intelligence through its collaboration with Databricks, the Data and AI company. Hightouch's platform enables businesses to activate data from Databricks directly into downstream SaaS tools, such as CRMs, ad platforms, and customer engagement systems, empowering real-time omnichannel analytics and personalization. Joint efforts with Databricks have included co-developing native integrations, optimizing data syncing pipelines, and driving customer success through seamless, scalable data activation. "Hightouch's mission has always been to help businesses unlock the full potential of their data and Databricks is a critical partner in achieving that,' said Tejas Manohar, Co-CEO of Hightouch. 'This recognition is a testament to the value we've created for modern marketers looking to deliver smarter, more data-driven campaigns powered by the AI Data Cloud.' "We are thrilled to name Hightouch the 2025 Databricks Retailer and Consumer Goods ISV Partner of the Year," said Roger Murff, VP of Technology Partners at Databricks. "Data intelligence — AI that reasons on an enterprise's own data — is a game-changer in the retail and consumer goods space. Hightouch's partnership with Databricks is essential to helping these organizations unify, analyze and activate their data to build AI applications that meet consumer needs." A notable example of this partnership is Hightouch's solution for Offsite Media Networks, a self-service audience management platform developed in partnership with Databricks to help retail media networks (RMNs) stand out. Together, Hightouch and Databricks empower retailers to build and activate AI-enhanced custom audiences across 50+ media channels—including DSPs, CTV platforms, and walled gardens—to secure premium brand dollars faster and more efficiently. To learn more about the partnership with Databricks, please visit Visit Hightouch at Booth #517 at the Data + AI Summit in San Francisco, June 9-12. About Hightouch Hightouch is the leading Composable CDP and AI Decisioning Platform that empowers companies to activate their data warehouse to power personalized marketing and business operations. Trusted by leading brands like Autotrader, Grammarly, and PetSmart, Hightouch enables anyone to deliver personalized customer experiences, optimize performance marketing, and move faster by leveraging data and AI across their organization.
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Retool Awarded 2025 Databricks Emerging Partner of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Retool, the leading application layer for AI, is honored to announce its recognition as the 2025 Databricks Emerging Partner of the Year. Presented at the annual Data + AI Summit, the award celebrates Retool's deep integration with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, which has helped shared customers accelerate development, securely scale internal applications, and realize tangible business outcomes from AI investments. 'Databricks has redefined the modern data stack, and Retool is proud to be the app layer that helps enterprises turn that data into action,' said David Hsu, co-founder and CEO of Retool. 'This award is a testament to our shared vision where, with our help, developers drive the future of work, powered by AI.' "These awards are always one of my favorite moments of the year, and we are thrilled to name Retool the 2025 Databricks Emerging Partner of the Year," said Roger Murff, VP of Technology Partners at Databricks. "As more enterprises seek to build domain-specific AI applications, Retool's partnership with Databricks is essential to helping these organizations leverage the right data to build AI agents that drive real business outcomes." This award reflects growing recognition of how organizations are transforming operations through AI-powered automation. Our Databricks integration addresses this need by giving teams a direct path from raw data to business outcomes—whether that's operational dashboards for real-time insights or autonomous agents handling complex workflows. The platform handles the technical complexity of security and scale, so developers can focus on solving business problems rather than infrastructure challenges. About Retool Retool is the application layer for AI and leading platform for internal software development, trusted by over 10,000 companies worldwide, including Amazon, Stripe, Brex, and Orangetheory Fitness. Using Retool, developers deploy sophisticated apps and agents dramatically faster without sacrificing quality or control, combining powerful building blocks with the flexibility of custom code. The company's model-agnostic approach lets teams select the optimal AI capabilities for each use case while maintaining enterprise-grade security and scalability. To learn more, visit
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Monte Carlo Named 2025 Databricks Data Governance Partner of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monte Carlo, the leading data + AI observability platform, today announced it has been named the 2025 Databricks Data Governance Partner of the Year. The award highlights Monte Carlo's continued innovation and leadership in helping enterprises ensure reliable data and AI systems through end-to-end data + AI observability. The award was presented at the annual Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025, celebrating partners who have demonstrated excellence in extending and enhancing the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform capabilities while delivering exceptional customer outcomes. 'We're honored to be recognized as Databricks' Data Governance Partner of the Year,' said Barr Moses, CEO and co-founder of Monte Carlo. 'This recognition underscores our joint commitment to helping enterprises establish trust at every layer of the data and AI stack—from raw ingestion to model outputs. For today's data leaders, delivering trusted, reliable AI starts with strong data foundations. That's why we've made deep integration and partnership with platforms like Databricks a strategic priority—to empower our customers with end-to-end data + AI observability and accelerate time to value.' Monte Carlo's deep integration with Databricks provides joint customers like American Airlines, NASDAQ, the Texas Rangers, and many others with complete visibility across their data and AI stacks, helping teams quickly detect, resolve, and prevent data quality and AI reliability issues before they impact the business. The partnership delivers comprehensive coverage for the entire Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks AI/BI, and more. "We are thrilled to award Monte Carlo the 2025 Databricks Data Governance Partner of the Year," said Roger Murff, VP of Technology Partners at Databricks. "Impactful AI applications start with good data. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Monte Carlo to help enterprises build reliable data foundations that deliver trusted AI applications.'.' Attending Databricks Data + AI Summit June 9-12? Visit Monte Carlo's booth #F602 or check out our other events at the conference: Learn how Monte Carlo and Databricks customers deliver end-to-end data + AI observability across Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform: Monte Carlo created the data + AI observability category to help enterprises drive mission critical business initiatives with trusted data + AI. NASDAQ, Honeywell, Roche, and hundreds of other data teams rely on Monte Carlo to detect and resolve data + AI issues at scale. Named a 'New Relic for data' by Forbes, Monte Carlo is rated the #1 data + AI observability solution by G2 Crowd, Gartner Peer Reviews, GigaOm, ISG, and others.
Associated Press
09-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Informatica Expands Seamless AI-Ready Cloud Data Management for Databricks on Google Cloud with New Integration
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 9, 2025-- Informatica ( NYSE: INFA), a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, today announced the expansion of its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform services on Google Cloud. The announcements were made at Google Cloud Next 2025. The enhanced capabilities include support for t he Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, API Center and Cloud Data Access Management (CDAM) services running natively on Google Cloud. 'We're pleased to see the deepening relationship between Google and Informatica,' said Ritika Suri, Managing Director, AI & Data ISV Partnerships at Google Cloud. 'These expanded capabilities on Google Cloud will make it easier for our joint customers to ensure their data is AI-ready, enabling more advanced AI use cases like agentic AI in Google Cloud.' The expanded IDMC services on Google Cloud include the following: Full Support for Databricks on Google Cloud with 300+ connectors for data ingestion No-code data pipelines running natively within Databricks for data preparation and transformation Data quality and profiling for data within the Databricks Data Intelligence platform Enterprise-wide data governance with seamless integration with Unity Catalog API Center - next generation API Management to expose data products and data processes as a rich API ecosystem including: Deployment of APIs across cloud, on-premises or hybrid environments Ability to expose any IDMC process as an API Definition of GenAI and Agent APIs for AI apps and processes Enhanced API security features including rate limiting and IP filtering API governance for enterprise services, business processes and AI apps Advanced monitoring to identify and analyze unauthorized access attempts Cloud Data Access Management - enables organizations to share and use their data while supporting access policy compliance via automated controls: Intuitive policy authoring aligned with business use, risk tolerance and regulatory frameworks such as EU GDPR, CPRA, or HIPAA without the need to code Accelerates access to trusted data through simplified request and approval workflows 'Informatica's expanded services with Databricks on Google Cloud delivers a seamless experience that will benefit our joint customers as they build data intelligence,' said Roger Murff, Vice President of Technology Partners at Databricks. 'This unified approach helps eliminate data silos between platforms, enabling organizations to manage their data assets holistically while leveraging the full capabilities of both Databricks and Informatica IDMC on Google Cloud.' These expanded services offer customers cost efficiency for their data platforms with integration to BigQuery for scale, governance, and model inference, as well as integration with Vertex AI for advanced use cases and agentic workflows. Rik Tamm-Daniels, Global Vice President at Informatica said, 'This strategic expansion with Google Cloud and Databricks enables our joint customers to accelerate their GenAI, AI and analytics initiatives while maintaining the highest levels of data governance and security. Together, Informatica and Google Cloud enable better business outcomes across a wide variety of industries, including retail, financial services and healthcare. Organizations can leverage the Informatica-Google Cloud partnership to improve their customer experiences, optimize supply chains and enhance compliance with a strong foundation of trusted data.' For more information, visit Informatica at Google Next, booth #1812. About Informatica Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, brings data and AI to life by empowering businesses to realize the transformative power of their most critical assets. We have created a new category of software, the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC). IDMC is an end-to-end data management platform, powered by CLAIRE® AI, that connects, manages and unifies data across any multi-cloud or hybrid system, democratizing data and enabling enterprises to modernize and advance their business strategies. Customers in approximately 100 countries, including more than 80 of the Fortune 100, rely on Informatica to drive data-led digital transformation. Informatica. Where data and AI come to life. SOURCE: Informatica Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 04/09/2025 08:30 AM/DISC: 04/09/2025 08:32 AM
