PALO ALTO, Calif., November 28, 2000 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of eBusiness analytic solutions, today announced that it placed 43rd on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a listing of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America. Rankings were based on companies' revenue-growth percentages from 1995 to 1999, during which period Informatica reported 10,491 percent revenue growth. Informatica was also recently named as the 11th fastest-growing technology company in the Silicon Valley region by Deloitte & Touche.
"Informatica's top placements within the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 and the recent Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 are significant achievements in which we take great pride," said Gaurav Dhillon, CEO of Informatica. "Informatica's growth as an organization reflects the continued adoption of its analytic platform as the global standard for companies seeking to leverage information for business insight."
"The vision, drive and determination of the leaders and employees at Informatica propelled the company to become one of 500 fastest-growing technology firms in the U.S. and Canada," said Mark A. Evans, managing director of Deloitte & Touche's Technology & Communications Group. "We applaud their dedication to excellence while maintaining a fast-paced growth, and commend them for making the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500."
Overall, companies that ranked on the Technology Fast 500 had five-year growth rates ranging from 71,257 to 593 percent, with an average growth rate of 3,956 percent. To qualify, companies must (1) have had 1995 revenues of at least $50,000 USD and $75,000 CD for the United States and Canada, respectively; (2) be headquartered in the United States or Canada; and (3) be a technology company.
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 Deloitte & Touche, visit
http://www.us.deloitte.com/ For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 or Technology Fast 50 programs, visit
http://www.fast500.com/
About Informatica
Informatica provides eBusiness analytic software that enables companies to leverage business insight for competitive advantage. More than 1,000 global customers, including over 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. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Contacts:
Samantha Moore
Informatica Corporation
(650) 687-6361
smoore@informatica.com
Leslie Clavin
Applied Communications
(415) 365-0222
lclavin@appliedcom.com
