Informatica unveils free GenAI blueprints for cloud devs

Informatica has announced the release of new Generative AI Blueprints aimed at streamlining and accelerating the development of AI applications on several major technology platforms.

The blueprints support leading platforms such as AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and Snowflake. These blueprints feature standard reference architectures, prebuilt recipes unique to each ecosystem, and connectors for GenAI Model-as-a-Service and vector databases to reduce development complexity and expedite implementation.

Designed to facilitate the use of AI-ready data, the blueprints aim to help organisations quickly generate business value from GenAI applications. They include architectural guidelines and pre-defined configurations compatible with Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud platform and other leading cloud data systems.

Companies like Deloitte and Capgemini are already utilising these blueprints to develop their own GenAI platforms, adding industry-specific capabilities and value-added services on top of Informatica's foundational templates. The GenAI blueprints address various data and metadata-driven requirements common in GenAI initiatives, such as data discovery, data engineering, master data management, access control, and policy enforcement.

Highlighted features include Data Quality and Master Data Management to ensure GenAI applications are based on high-quality data relevant to stakeholders such as customers, products, and suppliers. Additionally, the use of business glossary metadata and data governance is designed to optimise GenAI applications for different industries and enterprises.

The blueprints incorporate a no-code strategy for scalable project scaffolding and support responsible AI through policy and security enforcement, ensuring data used in GenAI prompts is appropriate and secure. They also facilitate faster GenAI app development through pre-built, no-code recipes for AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle, leveraging the rapid integration and orchestration capabilities of the IDMC platform.

Jim Rowan, Principal and Applied AI Leader at Deloitte Consulting, remarked, "As a strategic alliance of Informatica, we're excited about the potential of these blueprints to deliver industry-specific GenAI capabilities and value-added services. Business leaders are looking for ways to implement GenAI to meet exacting enterprise requirements, from grounding to contextualisation, that require a robust foundation of data management."

Rik Tamm-Daniels, Group Vice President of Strategic Ecosystems at Informatica, noted, "A myriad of components must be brought together for GenAI development, including large language models, vector data management, prompt handling and more. These blueprints provide a prescriptive path for customers to unlock the potential of GenAI for their enterprise use cases. Informatica is continuing to simplify and streamline the process of delivering GenAI applications at scale by minimising the do-it-yourself integration required. And, most importantly, we do so with AI-ready data that is relevant, responsible and robust."

The blueprints are available for free in Informatica's Architecture Centre, with recipes for AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle currently accessible. Recipes for Snowflake and Databricks are expected next year.