PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 8, 2000 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of eBusiness analytic solutions, today announced its official membership in the Object Management Group (OMG), a non-profit group driving standards for the software industry. Informatica has joined OMG to further the group's efforts to develop a universal metadata standard for data warehousing. Metadata is information used to describe the context and structure of data and information processes.
"Informatica was the first to address the need for metadata-exchange standards, predating industry efforts to establish a specification with our own Metadata Exchange (MX) initiative," said Diaz Nesamoney, president and COO of Informatica. "As an industry leader in the analytic space, Informatica is committed to supporting the OMG solution as it continues to evolve."
Through its work with the OMG, Informatica will extend its leadership in metadata management by working alongside members such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Oracle in developing the next version of the organization's Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM). The CWM standard will allow for the interoperability of enterprise applications, the underlying premise for Informatica's platform design, which will help Informatica customers exchange metadata between different vendors' products more easily.
"The value of OMG is measured by the quality of its membership," stated Richard Soley, chairman and CEO of the Object Management Group. "Informatica's involvement in the OMG will provide the Group with a wealth of expertise in metadata management and contribute greatly to its success."
The Object Management Group was founded in April 1989 by eleven companies, including 3Com Corporation, American Airlines, Canon, Inc., Data General, Hewlett-Packard, Philips Telecommunications N.V., Sun Microsystems and Unisys Corporation. The organization was formed to create a component-based software marketplace by hastening the introduction of standardized object software. Its charter includes the establishment of industry guidelines and detailed object management specifications to provide a common framework for application development. Through the OMG's commitment to developing commercially viable and vendor-neutral specifications for the software industry, the consortium now includes about 800 members.
About Informatica
Informatica provides eBusiness analytic solutions that enable companies to leverage business insight for competitive advantage. More than 1,000 global customers, including more than half of the Fortune 100, leverage the Informatica Insight Network to integrate, analyze and personalize critical business information to improve business performance and responsiveness across the entire business value chain. Informatica's products include a comprehensive suite of analytic applications, the industry's most powerful data integration platform and a wide range of supporting services and partnerships. The company's list of leading customers includes 3Com, AMD, American Airlines, Boeing, Borders Group, Chevron, Cisco, CNET, Deutsche Bank, eBay, GE, Hewlett-Packard, Inktomi, J. Crew, Merrill Lynch, MetLife, MCI WorldCom, Motorola, Mutual of Omaha, Philips, Polo Ralph Lauren, Preview Travel, Priceline.com, Sprint and UBS. For more information, call 800.970.1179, or visit Informatica's Web site at
http://www.informatica.com/.
NOTE: Informatica is a registered trademark of Informatica Corporation. The Object Management Group, OMG and Common Warehouse Metamodel are trademarks or registered trademarks of OMG. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Samantha Moore
Informatica Corporation
(650) 687-6361
smoore@informatica.com
Rabih Zahnan
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