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I need some information about the Informatica ETL tool. I am a rookie with that, so could you please recommend where can I get some tutorials to get started. Can I download the tool, and if so where can I download it? What are the alternatives to Informatica?

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Try Informatica Comunities. Be warned that Informatica makes it hard to find what you are looking for. I have been using it for seven-plus years -- very powerful, but very expensive and poorly constructed. Look carefully at open-source solutions, too.

As far as downloading, I vaguely remember something called a "Personal Edition" intended for evaluation, but I could not find it on their website.

Oh, I found it. $500 for a "limited version" that expires in one year. Look for "PowerCenter Developer Edition Request Form".

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Informatica is one of many ETL tools. Ab Initio and SSIS are commercial competitors; there are open source alternatives.

If the vendor doesn't offer a downloadable version you're out of luck. If just you want to try out the ideas, Google for an open source alternative and try it out.

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I have used Microsoft's 2005 ETL tool SSIS and Pentaho's Kettle (now called PDI), but not informatica. Of those 2, Pentaho was better than Microsoft and a free download to boot. So I would recommend adding Pentaho to any ETL evaluation shortlist.

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Try Oracle Business Intelligence Application (OBIA). They supply you with a numerous BI Aplpications, including PowerCenter. Used to be free of charge fon non-productive environments