PALO ALTO, Calif., September 22, 2000 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of e-business analytic solutions, today announced it was named the 11th fastest-growing technology company in Deloitte & Touche's "Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50" program, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the area. Rankings were based on companies' revenue-growth percentages from 1995 to 1999, during which period Informatica reported 10,491 percent revenue growth.
"Given that we are based in one of the world's highest-growth technology areas, Informatica's inclusion within Deloitte & Touche's 'Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50' is a significant achievement that we take great pride in," said Clive Harrison, Informatica's executive vice president of worldwide sales. "We look forward to building upon the successes that have led to our being recognized as one of Silicon Valley's fastest-growing technology companies by maintaining the high levels of innovation, quality and customer service that have been the focus at Informatica since its inception."
"In an era where technology companies come and go, making the Deloitte & Touche 'Fast 50' is a testament to a company's leadership and vision," said Roy Avondet, partner in charge of Technology & Communications for Northern California at Deloitte & Touche. "Informatica has proven it has the right stuff to succeed. We at Deloitte & Touche salute its accomplishments."
The average growth for companies in the 'Silicon Valley Fast 50' is 7,142 percent, which is more than double that of the national average of 3,554 percent for all 'Fast 50' programs nationwide.
To qualify for the Fast 50, companies must have had revenues of at least $50,000 in 1995 and at least $1 million in 1999, must be public or private companies headquartered in Silicon Valley, and must be "technology companies" defined as companies that manufacture a technology-related product and/or devote a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.
Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.
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, HP, Inktomi, Merrill Lynch, MetLife, MCI WorldCom, Mutual of Omaha, Philips Semiconductors, 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
www.informatica.com.
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Contact:
Samantha Moore
Informatica Corporation
(650) 687-6361
smoore@informatica.com
Sara Miles
VisiTech PR
(602) 808-9914
sara@visitechpr.com
