Salesforce + Informatica: The $8B Bet on Reshaping System Design
Exploring Salesforce's acquisition of Informatica through the lens of System Design.
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Jun 11, 2025
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Last week, Salesforce announced a major move: acquiring Informatica for $8 billion.
At first glance, this looks like a typical enterprise software deal — just one big company buying another big company. More products under Salesforce. And more buzzwords zipping around the ether: cloud, AI, data (oh my!).
But when you step back and look closer at the underlying architecture, it becomes pretty clear this deal goes beyond expanding Salesforce’s existing product suite.
It’s about tackling a key System Design challenge in the AI era:
Written By: Fahim ul Haq
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