Platform Availability
KVM (Redhat) hypervisor support
- 64-bit Windows and Linux support
- Enables additional cloud virtualization deployment options for customers
Hadoop Platform Availability
- Cloudera CDH 5.2 and CDH 5.3 support
- IBM Big Insights 3.0.x
- Horton Works HDP 2.2 support
- Pivotal 2.1 support
Big Data Edition
ETL OffLoading Features
- Hive Timestamp and Data Datatype support
- Parallel sorting in Hadoop execution environment
- Binary functions in transformations such as Expression
- Binary Datatype in Hive sources and targets
Performance Enhancements
- High Precision Decimal enhancements in Hadoop mode
- Staging table compression support
- Data Transformation performance tuning
PowerExchange for Teradata:
- Support for Teradata array insert (Applicable only to PC)
- Support for newer version of TDCH (Applicable only to IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for Vertica:
- Support of read and write with Vertica DB using relational (ODBC) interface (Applicable only to PC)
- Support for newer version of Vertica (7.1) (Applicable only to PC)
PowerExchange for Hive:
- Support for timestamp datatype in Hive source or target (Applicable only to IDS/IDQ)
- Support for binary datatype in Hive in native mode of execution (Applicable only to IDS/IDQ)
- Support for various databases to serve as metastore for Hive (Applicable only to IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for MongoDB:
- MongoDB: Nested Data Support through Virtual Tables – NOSQL (Applicable for both PC and IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for Cassandra:
- Cassandra: Writes at different Consistency Levels - NOSQL (Applicable for both PC and IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for Relational
- Oracle 12c In Memory Support – Relational Adapters (Applicable for both PC and IDS/IDQ)
- Datetime2 support for SQL Server – Relational Adapters (Applicable for IDS/IDQ . Feature was already available in PC)
PowerExchange for Salesforce:
- Support for SFDC API Version 31 (Applicable for IDS/IDQ)
- Support for CDC data extraction from SFDC sources (Applicable for IDS/IDQ)
- Support for Native and Platform Filter Pushdown (Applicable for IDS/IDQ)
- Multi-version SFDC API support (Applicable for IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for DataSift:
- Connection Retry (Applicable only for IDS/IDQ)
- Resume & Retrieve the data left in Datasift’s historic buffer (Applicable only for IDS/IDQ)
- Pause functionality (Applicable only for IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for Linkedin:
- Support for HTTPS connectivity to Linkedin (Applicable only for IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for Facebook:
- Upgrade of Facebook Graph API to V2 (Applicable only for IDS/IDQ)
PowerExchange for Microsoft Dynamics CRM:
- ADFS+ Online authentication (Applicable only for PC)
- Support WinOpportunityRequest Objects (Applicable only for PC)
PowerExchange for MSMQ:
- Applicable only for PC
- PAM addition for Win2012R2 /MSMQ 6.3
PowerExchange for SAP:
- Applicable only for PC
- PAM - ECC6.0 EHP7 support
- Additional bug fixes
Analyst Tool Enhancements
Human name display and tooltip information
- Provides the ability to see the user’s name and contact information instead of user id.
- “Robert Smith” rather than “smirobe3794”
HIVE and HDFS Connection Configuration
- Ability to create HIVE and HDFS connections via the Analyst Tool
- Provides Analysts with the power to connect to more types of data, including Big Data sources
Big Data Profiling in Analyst Tool
- Ability to profile HIVE and HDFS sources directly from Analyst Tool with minimal or no support from IT
- Profiles can be executed directly on Hadoop cluster
Data Quality Enhancements
AddressDoctor Version 5.6 Engine integration
- New output formatting options for Australia and New Zealand
- Enhanced support for Ban information and Gaiku codes in Japan
- Support for address lookup in Japan using Choumei Aza codes and Gaiku codes
- Support for IRIS codes in France
- Support for Address Key codes in the United Kingdom
Informatica Data Quality Out of the Box Content (Core Accelerator)
- Updated reference data sets for rules
- Empty reference tables removed
Business Glossary Enhancements
LDAP Authentication during BG Desktop installation
- Primary Use Case: Accept LDAP credentials during BG Desktop installation
- Benefit to customer: Customers can perform scripted BG Desktop installation in LDAP environment
Alerting the user while creating asset with the same name in glossary
- Primary Use case: Warning the user about the duplicate assets already existing in glossary
- Benefit to customer: Makes users aware of duplicate assets within the glossary while creating assets with the same name
Metadata Manager Enhancements
X-Connect for Microsoft System Server Integration Service (SSIS)
- Primary use case: Extract metadata from SSIS ETL source
- Benefit for Customer: Ability to see the packages under SSIS in Metadata Manager catalog and view lineage
X-Connect for Cloudera Navigator
- Primary use case: Extract metadata from big data sources
- Benefit for Customer: Ability to see the underlying HDFS and Hive sources in Metadata Manager catalog and view lineage
Cloud Computing - Amazon EC2
New Certifications Available
- PowerCenter Advanced Edition
- Data Quality Advanced Edition
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
- Available on Amazon Marketplace
- PowerCenter Standard Edition
Amazon EC2 support for Informatica Big Data Edition
- Certification of BDE on EC2
- Support for Cloudera and Horton Works Hadoop clusters in EC2
B2B Data Transformation
- XMap with variables as source and/or target
- New Validation Rules Object
- Parquet read/write
- RunMapplet action (calling Mapplet from DT)
- H2R Performance Optimization
PowerExchange MF & CDC (PowerExchange Classic)
PowerExchange now includes support for the following
- I5/OS 7.2
- Oracle 12c support for Oracle Express CDC (Toleration)
- Oracle TDE support
Improved or Extended functionality for
- Enhanced security available to LUW platforms
- New configurable “timeout” feature for the PowerExchange Navigator enabling a connection to the
- PowerExchange Listener to be terminated whilst in “row-test” mode
- PowerExchange Listener on i5/OS
- Monitoring & Reporting features now available
Data Services
- Certification for Cognos Version 10.2
Informatica - 9.6.1 HotFix 2 - Release Notes - (English)
Informatica PowerExchange - 9.6.1 HotFix 2 - Release Notes - (English)
Informatica PowerExchange Adapters for Informatica - 9.6.1 HotFix 2 - Release Notes - (English)
Informatica PowerExchange Adapters for PowerCenter - 9.6.1 HotFix 2 - Release Notes - (English)