Data integration specialist Informatica has announced a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, which allows business users to integrate their off-premise data - managed by cloud computing vendors such as Salesforce.com with their on-premise data.

The new software will be particularly useful for sales and human resources staff, said Informatica. “Business users can now use data integration as simply as they can use consumer web sites,” said Sohaib Abbasi, Informatica chief executive.

A presentation was shown to Informatica World conference attendees to demonstrate how the new Data Loader Service works. Users can transfer data from one application to another with a few clicks and key word inputting. The data is then automatically transferred in the cloud.

“It is cloud computing to cloud computing using cloud computing,” announced Abbasi.

Users will also be able to access the Data Loader Service and transfer their data from an iPhone, he added.