19 August 2009

Blue Turtle Technologies partners with Informatica

Submitted by: CubicICE
{pp}Blue Turtle Technologies, a leading solutions provider specialising in IT management systems, has announced a partnership with Informatica to distribute and support Informatica Application ILM solutions to the South African market. The Informatica Application Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) solutions will extend the company’s enterprise data management solutions.

“The enterprise data management market has grown tremendously in recent years as companies realise the need to manage mission-critical business applications. Data must be carefully managed to drive business value,” says Geoff van den Bosch, managing director, Blue Turtle Technologies. “By partnering with Informatica, we can provide technology that enables enterprises in South Africa to manage and store data cost-effectively.”

Informatica Application ILM is an industry leading platform that enables companies to access, integrate and trust all of their active and archived data, while drastically reducing total-cost-of-ownership and improving application performance. Customers will benefit from having a single, scalable solution for managing their enterprise applications data throughout every stage of the information lifecycle. “With the ever increasing volumes of data, organisations are looking for a way to manage their long-term data access and retention requirements, especially as it relates to their enterprise business applications,” says Paul van Aswegen, general manager, Informatica South Africa. “With the enhanced Blue Turtle Technologies offering around Informatica’s Application ILM solutions, customers can now more effectively handle their exponential data growth and at the same time cost-effectively manage the data lifecycle.”

About Blue Turtle Technologies
Blue Turtle Technologies provides and supports best-in-class software solutions that optimise, enhance and leverage existing IT investment and assist in the cost-effective delivery of new technology. The company offers an extensive product range, sourced through its strategic partnerships with leading local and international software providers, augmented by best-practice implementation services. http://www.blueturtle.co.za

About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is the world’s number one independent leader in data integration software. The Informatica Platform provides corporations with a comprehensive, unified, open and economical approach to lower IT costs and gain competitive advantage from their information assets. More than 3,700 companies worldwide rely on Informatica to access, integrate and trust their information assets held in the traditional enterprise and in the internet cloud.

For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com. Note: Informatica and Informatica Application Information Lifecycle Management are trademarks of Informatica Corporation in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact information:
Blue Turtle Technologies
Enquiries: Martyn Healy
Tel: 011 206 5600
Fax: 011 206 5606
www.blueturtle.co.za