Informatica's new CEO spoke with InformationWeek about what's next for big data in the enterprise and how he plans to deliver that for customers. Here are the details.

Recent studies have shown that enterprises are embracing advanced analytics and big data projects. But are they getting real value out of these efforts? Or are we headed for a period of disillusionment? Newly private Informatica has refocused on a mission to help enterprises turn their data investments into projects that drive real business value and avoid the disillusionment pitfall.

CEO Anil Chakravarthy spoke with InformationWeek in an interview about the company's mission, and the trends and opportunities he sees ahead this year.

Chakravarthy, who had previously served as Informatica's chief product officer, told InformationWeek that his company is focusing on six technology areas going forward -- big data, cloud, data integration, master data management, data quality, and data security. He says the company has already been ranked by Gartner as a leader in Magic Quadrants related to each of these areas. But the real key to success for Informatica is turning the technology into something that enterprise customers can use to drive revenue, profits, or other real business returns.

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