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INFORMATICA SELECTS MICROSTRATEGY FOR E-MARKETPLACE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
MicroStrategy 7 will allow Informatica eMarketplace customers to derive increased value from analytic information
PALO ALTO, Calif. and VIENNA, Va., April 25, 2001 – Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), the leading provider of eBusiness analytic solutions, and MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Informatica will incorporate the MicroStrategy 7 business intelligence platform as the front-end presentation layer of its newly released Informatica eMarketplace analytic application.
“As a Web-based front end for Informatica eMarketplace, the MicroStrategy 7 platform will provide users with a truly thin client for easy access to analytic information, and a scalable, relational OLAP engine for meaningful views of that information,” said Ron Papas, vice president of business development for Informatica. “Customized reports enabled by MicroStrategy 7 will allow Informatica eMarketplace customers to derive increased value from their analytic information, helping them fuel even greater business performance.”
“Informatica realizes that the MicroStrategy platform can be easily customized and integrated to meet any business intelligence need,” said Sanju K. Bansal, chief operating officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated. “Informatica's selection of MicroStrategy 7 as a key component of Informatica eMarketplace validates the strength of our technology and further strengthens MicroStrategy's position as a leader in the business intelligence space.”
Informatica eMarketplace helps operators of B2B marketplaces provide buyers and suppliers with insight into market dynamics, customer buying patterns and pricing trends. Furnishing analytic insight to marketplace participants is critical in helping them optimize their performance, and is one of the most powerful value-added services a marketplace operator can provide to stay competitive.
The MicroStrategy business intelligence platform, MicroStrategy 7, is highly scalable and built specifically for the Internet. Its pure-Web architecture provides the Web reporting, security, performance and standards that are critical for deployment over the Web. With proven data and user scalability, MicroStrategy is a solution capable of analyzing today's growing multi-terabyte data warehouses and distributing information to millions of users. The open and flexible platform provides the business intelligence foundation for all analytical and reporting applications across the enterprise.
About Informatica
Informatica provides eBusiness analytic solutions that enable companies to leverage business insight for competitive advantage. More than 1,200 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 products include a comprehensive family 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, BMW, Boeing, Borders Group, Chevron, Cisco, CNET, Deutsche Bank, eBay, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Merck, Merrill Lynch, MetLife, Motorola, Philips, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sprint and UBS. For more information, call 1.800.970.1179, or visit the Informatica Web site at http://www.informatica.com.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
MicroStrategy is a leading provider of business intelligence software for Global 5000 organizations. Since 1990, the company has specialized in helping businesses transform their extensive operational data into actionable information. MicroStrategy's business intelligence platform gives organizations solutions to all of their query, reporting, and advanced analytical needs, and distributes insight to users via Web, wireless, and voice.
MicroStrategy 7, the company's scalable business intelligence platform, is built specifically for the Internet era. Its pure-Web architecture provides Web reporting, security, performance and standards that are critical for deployment over the Web. Within intranets, the company's products provide employees with information to make better business decisions. In extranets, extended enterprises use MicroStrategy 7 to build stronger relationships by linking customers and suppliers via the Internet.
MicroStrategy has approximately 1,100 enterprise-class customers including Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, AT&T Wireless Group, First Union Corporation and GlaxoSmithKline. MicroStrategy also has relationships with over 200 systems integrators, application development, and platform partners including IBM, PeopleSoft, Compaq, Informatica, and JD Edwards.
MicroStrategy is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol MSTR. For more information on the company, or to purchase or demo MicroStrategy's software, please visit MicroStrategy's Web site at http://www.microstrategy.com.
Note: Informatica and Informatica Insight Network are trademarks or registered trademarks of Informatica Corporation. MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy 7 and MicroStrategy CRM Applications Suite are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Samantha Moore
Informatica Corporation
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