PALO ALTO, Calif., December 11, 2000 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of eBusiness analytic software, today officially launched the Informatica Partners program, a comprehensive set of services, programs and resources. With the support of its wide-ranging partner network, Informatica further strengthens its ability to provide its customers with powerful analytic solutions that span the entire eBusiness value chain. Informatica Partners is designed to help systems integrators, hardware and software vendors, distributors, certified consultants and OEM partners to more effectively build best-in-class solutions that leverage Informatica's data integration software platform and analytic applications.

"Maintaining the support of a strong network of key partners is vital to Informatica's continued success and market leadership," said Diaz Nesamoney, president and COO of Informatica. "Through Informatica Partners, we look to provide our industry partners with the capabilities to better serve our joint customers."

• Systems Integrator Program -- Informatica's program for systems integrators is designed to provide the specialized sales and technical training needed to be proficient when reselling Informatica products. This program also provides a vehicle for partner interaction with Informatica's sales force and other systems integrator partners. Among Informatica's SI partners are Arthur Andersen, Andersen Consulting, Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
• Influence Partners -- The Influence program is geared toward technology and consulting partners who recommend rather than resell Informatica solutions. Key partners in this category include Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Answer Think and Compendit.
• OEM Partners - The OEM program is designed for partners that embed Informatica technology within their own products to create a "bundle" that is resold as a best-of-breed solution. Informatica currently has more than 30 strategic OEM partners, including PeopleSoft, Sybase and Ariba.
• Developer Partners - Informatica's Developer program provides developers with the necessary tools for application integration, customized metadata usage, development of custom external data integration logic and the creation of specialized applications that leverage Informatica's data integration platform. Current developer partners include Business Objects, Cognos, Trillium and Firstlogic.