PALO ALTO, Calif., June 25, 2001 – Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), the leading provider of business analytic solutions, today announced a technology and marketing alliance with webMethods Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBM), a leading provider of integration software.  The companies will collaborate on linking the webMethods integration platform and Informatica PowerCenter data-integration software to provide customers with real-time enterprise analytics capabilities.

“Real-time analytics is set to play a significant role in total business integration, enabling companies to leverage their existing IT resources to fine-tune business processes and make meaningful decisions using real-time information,” said Tom Roberts, vice president of platform alliances for webMethods, Inc. “Informatica provides a comprehensive analytics solution that enables customers to access the information stored in applications supported by the webMethods integration platform to make informed, timely decisions.”

The webMethods integration platform automates business processes within an enterprise, as well as the processes occurring between companies with customers and trading partners.   The collaboration between Informatica and webMethods will enable streams of real-time data from the webMethods platform to be combined with enterprise information integrated by Informatica PowerCenter for real-time analytics.

“A complete, end-to-end integration solution, such as the webMethods platform, is a necessary building block for real-time analytics,” said Girish Pancha, senior vice president and general manager of platform technologies at Informatica. “In partnering with webMethods, we will be able to directly access real-time data via the numerous applications the webMethods integration platform supports, analyze the data in real time, and immediately deliver insights to users across the extended enterprise.”

In addition to product development, Informatica and webMethods will also conduct joint marketing and sales activities. 

About Informatica

Informatica provides business 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 webMethods, Inc.

webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEBM) is the leading provider of integration software. The webMethods integration platform allows customers to achieve quantifiable R.O.I. by linking business processes, enterprise and legacy applications, databases and workflows both within and across enterprises. By deploying the webMethods integration platform, customers reduce costs, create new revenue opportunities, strengthen relationships with customers, substantially increase supply chain efficiencies and streamline internal business processes.
Founded in 1996, webMethods is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. webMethods has more than 625 customers worldwide including Global 2000 leaders such as Citibank, Dell, Eastman Chemical, The Ford Motor Company, Grainger, Motorola and Starbucks.  webMethods’ strategic partners include Accenture, Ariba, BroadVision, Commerce One, Deloitte Consulting, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, i2 Technologies, J.D. Edwards, KPMG Consulting, Microsoft, Oracle Corp., SAP AG and Siebel Systems. More information about the company can be found at www.webMethods.com.

Informatica Safe Harbor: This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Informatica’s business as defined under The Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the collaboration of the parties, the successful linking of the parties’ products, the ability of the products to meet customers’ needs and expectations or perform as described, and the continuation of the collaboration between the parties.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the ability of the parties to continue their collaboration, the successful linking of the parties’ products, the ability of the products to meet customers’ needs and expectations or perform as described, as well as additional risk factors outlined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and updated in our report on Form 10-Q for our quarter ended March 30, 2001.  Informatica assumes no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements in this release.

WebMethods Safe Harbor:  This press release contains various remarks about the future expectations, plans and prospects of webMethods that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The actual results of webMethods may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the Risk Factors section of webMethods' Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000, as amended, and Form S-3, both of which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note: Informatica, PowerCenter, PowerConnect and the Informatica Insight Network are trademarks or registered trademarks of Informatica Corporation.  webMethods is a registered trademark of webMethods, Inc.  All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.