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Informatica Professional Certification Program

Take Your Data Integration Expertise to the Next Level
Invest in Your Future
BENEFITS
Become certified on industry-leading

data integration and data quality

solutions
Increase your professional

recognition and visibility with the

Informatica Professional Certification
logo
Gain the knowledge you need to fully

support Informatica software

In todays competitive IT environment, you need to differentiate yourself. You are only as strong as the
products you use.
With Informatica Professional Certification, you prove that you have the knowledge and skills needed
to meet todays complex data integration and data quality challenges. You establish your professional
credibility with your employer and within the greater IT industry. Whether you are a consultant,
project administrator, or data specialist, Informatica Professional Certification provides you with new
opportunities to help improve your productivity, increase your marketability, and succeed in your career.
Why not invest in your future and become certified on the industry-leading data integration software?
Informatica is recognized as the industry leader in enterprise data integration. More than 80 percent of
Global 100 organizations have standardized on Informatica software.

Differentiate yourself as an

Informatica product expert

Certification Paths
Take your data integration expertise to the next level with two certification paths:

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designing, implementing, using, and supporting Informatica

PowerCenter on a variety of data integration projects.

Data Integration Certification Path. This path instructs you in

Data Quality Certification Path. This path provides you with the

skills and expertise you need to meet the data quality needs
of your organization. It focuses on Informatica Data Quality
and Informatica Data Explorer software.

Exams
Informatica Professional Certification is based strictly on the knowledge level attained through
a combination of hands-on project work and Informatica training. After you register for an exam,
Informatica will provide you with a skill set inventory for each exam. The inventory outlines the topics
you need to know in preparation for your exam. For more information about preparing for the exams,
please visit: www.informatica.com/certification.

Data Integration Certification Path

LEVEL

CERTIFICATION RECOMMENDED TRAINING

REQUIRED EXAMS

Level I
Informatica Certified Administrator

Administrator

PowerCenter 8 QuickStart (eLearning)

PowerCenter 8.5+ Administrator (4 days)

Level II
Informatica Certified Developer

Developer

PowerCenter 8 QuickStart (eLearning)

Architecture & Administration
PowerCenter 8.5+ Administrator (4 days) Mapping Design
PowerCenter Developer 8.x Level I (4 days) Advanced Mapping Design
PowerCenter Developer 8 Level II (4 days)

Level III
Informatica Certified Consultant

Consultant

PowerCenter 8 QuickStart (eLearning)

PowerCenter 8.5+ Administrator (4 days)
PowerCenter Developer 8.x Level I (4 days)
PowerCenter Developer 8 Level II (4 days)
PowerCenter 8 Data Migration (4 days)
PowerCenter 8 High Availability (1 day)

Architecture & Administration

Advanced Administration

Architecture & Administration

Mapping Design
Advanced Mapping Design
Advanced Administration
Enablement Technologies

Additional Data Integration Product Training

PowerCenter 8.5 New Features
PowerCenter 8 Upgrade
PowerCenter 8 Team-Based Development
PowerCenter 8.5 Unified Security

Data Quality Certification Path

LEVEL

CERTIFICATION

RECOMMENDED TRAINING

REQUIRED EXAMS

Level I
Informatica Certified Specialist:
Informatica Data Quality

Specialist

Informatica Data Quality 8.6 Level I (4 days)

Informatica Data Quality 8.6

Level I
Informatica Certified Specialist:
Informatica Data Explorer

Specialist

Informatica Data Explorer 8.6 Level I (2 days)

Informatica Data Explorer 8.6

Level II
Informatica Certified Professional

Professional

Informatica Data Quality 8.6 Level I (4 days)

Informatica Data Explorer 8.6 Level I (2 days)

Informatica Data Quality 8.6

Informatica Data Explorer 8.6

Additional Data Quality Product Training

Informatica Data Quality 8.6 New Features
Data Quality Assessment Using Informatica Data Explorer
Data Quality Assessment Using Informatica Data Quality
Informatica Data Quality 8.5 Cleansing Workshop
Informatica Data Quality 8.5 Matching Workshop

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