Informatica Applications combine information from customer relationship management, supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, eBusiness and a broad range of other enterprise systems into industry best-practice metrics for a consistent, consolidated view of the entire business. Armed with such cross value chain insight, decision-makers benefit from more meaningful and personalized views of their business coupled with rapid time-to-insight.

“PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global leader whose vision of cross value chain analytics closely aligns with our own,” said Diaz Nesamoney, president and chief operating officer of Informatica. “The inclusion of Informatica Applications in PricewaterhouseCoopers' iAnalytics solution will provide our joint customers with a proven analytics base for optimizing operating performance and enhancing profitability in a complex and fast-paced business environment.”

“iAnalytics provides a dynamic environment for the aggregation and analysis of information across the entire enterprise value chain,” said Mike Schroeck, managing partner of the Global Data Warehousing and iAnalytics solutions practices, Management Consulting Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers. “As the first family of applications that presents a holistic view of the enterprise, Informatica Applications will help play a critical role in helping our customers leverage strategic information for competitive advantage.”

PricewaterhouseCoopers' new iAnalytics offering combines strategy, process and technology capabilities that incorporate strategic, customer, supply chain, workforce and financial analytics. A range of flexible, tailored iAnalytics services are offered by PricewaterhouseCoopers including overall strategy and planning; an analysis or “diagnostic” of the client's current information environment; business case development; architecture definition; and design and implementation of specific, targeted projects that help provide near-term benefits and return on investment. (See today's release from PricewaterhouseCoopers for additional information on iAnalytics.)

“PricewaterhouseCoopers' iAnalytics is a comprehensive and wide-ranging program that recognizes the essential role of analytics to provide organizations with the agility to respond quickly to rapidly changing business conditions,” said Henry Morris, VP for Applications and Information Access at IDC. “The alliance between PricewaterhouseCoopers and Informatica combines the practical knowledge gained through successful analytical implementations with the infrastructure and application software that captures this knowledge in a form so that it can be leveraged across the value chain.”

The central role that Informatica Applications play in the iAnalytics solution further deepens the strategic relationship that exists between Informatica and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In April of 2000, the two companies initiated a strategic alliance for the joint development, sale and support of end-to-end analytic solutions. At that time, PricewaterhouseCoopers also made an equity investment in Informatica.

A tightly integrated family, Informatica Applications includes Informatica eCRM for providing consolidated views of customers and their behaviors; Informatica eBusiness Operations for analyzing business performance and Informatica eProcurement for enhancing the effectiveness of supply chain operations. In March of 2001, Informatica also added Informatica eMarketplace, which is focused on optimizing the use of online exchanges and auctions.

About PricewaterhouseCoopers

The Management Consulting Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers helps clients maximize their business performance by integrating strategic change, process improvements and technology solutions. Through a worldwide network of skills and resources, consultants manage complex projects with global capabilities and local knowledge, from strategy through implementation. PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com) is the world's largest professional services organization. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries, it helps clients solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance in an Internet-enabled world. PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organization.

About Informatica

Informatica provides eBusiness analytic solutions that enable companies to leverage business insight for competitive advantage. Approximately 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