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J. CREW SELECTS INFORMATICA TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Informatica PowerMart software to consolidate data from the company's multiple sales channels for strategic analysis
PALO ALTO, Calif., August 22, 2000 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) today announced that leading retailer J. Crew has selected Informatica's PowerMart data-integration software to consolidate a wealth of data generated by its retail, catalog and online sales channels for strategic analysis. By integrating historical Point of Sale (POS), inventory, cost and financial data for analysis, J. Crew looks to more accurately forecast fabric needs for manufacturing, efficiently allocate financial and human resources across the company, and help top executives develop high-level business-growth strategies.
"With three major sales channels at J. Crew, it was imperative to choose a data-integration solution known for its strength in bringing together large volumes of data from disparate systems across the enterprise," said Mirek Zlotkowski, vice president of business integration at J. Crew. "We evaluated many other products during our selection process, but they only partially met our needs. Informatica impressed us as the most robust, comprehensive solution available with a proven ability to scale as our retail, Internet and catalog sales continue to grow."
"By selecting Informatica to gain valuable insight into its business, J. Crew demonstrates the sort of leading-edge mentality that helped it become one of the frontrunners in the retail industry," said Diaz Nesamoney, president and COO of Informatica. "We are proud to welcome J. Crew as an Informatica customer."
Informatica PowerMart is an integrated suite of software products that helps automate the process of building and managing line-of-business data marts and analytic applications. Since its introduction in 1996, PowerMart has freed organizations from the manual process of constructing and maintaining data marts and data warehouses.
J. Crew is a leading retailer offering a wide range of men's and women's apparel, shoes and accessories through its fast-expanding retail stores network, its industry leading Internet site and its famous catalog. With 8,400 employees, J. Crew Group, Inc. generated $716 million in 1999 revenue.
About Informatica
Informatica provides e-business analytic solutions that enable companies to leverage business insight for competitive advantage. Informatica's products include a comprehensive suite of analytic applications and the industry's most powerful data integration platform. Over 880 customers, including more than half of the Fortune 100, rely on Informatica to analyze and improve their entire e-business value chain. Informatica's customers include 3Com, AMD, Boeing, Chevron, Cisco, CNET, Deutsche Bank, eBay, GE, Inktomi, Merrill Lynch, MetLife, MCI WorldCom, Mutual of Omaha, Polo Ralph Lauren, Preview Travel, Priceline.com, Sprint and Zurich Insurance. For more information, call 800.970.1179, or visit Informatica's Web site at http://www.informatica.com/.
NOTE: Informatica and PowerMart are trademarks or registered trademarks of Informatica Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:
Samantha Moore
Informatica Corporation
(650) 687-6361
smoore@informatica.com
Shawn Yujuico
VisiTech PR
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shawn@visitechpr.com
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