09/03/2003

BearingPoint, Inc., one of the world's largest business consulting and systems integration firms, and Informatica Corporation, a provider of data integration and business intelligence software, say the U.S. Air Force's Material Systems Group/Enterprise Data Solutions (MSG/ESD) program office has successfully implemented the Informatica PowerCenter data integration solution.

“Implemented for its Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), MSG/ESD is leveraging the solution to enable supply chain analytics capabilities that empower its war fighters with more accurate, reliable, and readily accessible logistics information to support combat initiatives,” the vendors say. “Representing the Air Force's first enterprise-wide data warehousing initiative, the EDW provides members of the Air Force - from commanders to logisticians - with Web access to a full spectrum of integrated combat-support data. Integrating information from 26 legacy systems, including maintenance, supply, transportation, and financial data repositories, the EDW enhances the war fighter's ability to quickly retrieve and analyze accurate, real-time supply chain data on aircraft-combat status, availability of critical parts, outstanding maintenance orders, and the status of financial transactions.”

"The EDW consolidates large volumes of data from disparate systems, providing our personnel with a single online resource to make faster, more informed supply chain decisions," said Mike Riley, EDW program manager, U.S. Air Force. "Leveraging data integration technology like Informatica, we have successfully consolidated data from 26 legacy systems into one robust, scalable data system to improve our operational efficiency."

"Government agencies require the ability to rapidly access, integrate, and analyze data to fulfill evolving mission requirements," said Sanjay Poonen, senior vice president for worldwide marketing at Informatica. "Informatica is proud to play a pivotal role in this strategic Air Force initiative by providing our industry-leading data integration solution to support this prime example of today's progressive government."

BearingPoint is the prime contractor, program manager, and systems integrator on the EDW project, helping the Air Force install and configure the Informatica PowerCenter data integration software.

Informatica says BearingPoint uses the Informatica solution “to streamline the process of extracting files from servers, performing transformation routines that apply business rules, integrating and standardizing the data, as well as loading the data into the warehouse.”

"We commend the Air Force for its prescient vision and dedication to this initiative," said Dan Marion, a managing director with BearingPoint's federal service practice. "The EDW is a broad scope program and is clearly transforming the way the Air Force does business. The seamless integration of critical data means the Air Force is making better decisions as a result of more accurate, more complete, and more timely information."