Informatica has come up with a new analytics package to organize Big Data Lakes. Computers, mobile devices and smart sensors are generating trillions of pieces of data around the world at an unprecedented rate. Tiny sensors collect soil data for farmers, wearable devices accumulate data about our health, scanners track consumer purchases. The list of data sources goes on and on.

But how much of all that data is organized and easily accessible? In a recent article by eWeek, it has been suggested the rise of big data has seen a huge demand for data scientists to help companies gain insights from all the data they’re collecting. But data scientists are in short supply and custom data analysis applications aren’t always flexible enough to accommodate new data sources.

The big data dilemma is often compared to bodies of water. Ideally you want a clear data lake that lets you see everything regardless of depth. But with disparate systems and means of collecting and processing data, what you often end up with is a murky data swamp.

Informatica has been in the data management business for decades. Later this year it plans to release a Data Lake Management system described as an out-of-the-box system for managing big data. The system will be previewed at the Strata-Hadoop conference in New York Sept. 27-29, with availability expected by the end of this year.

Read more at: eWeek