Readers of DM Review magazine give Informatica high marks for fourth consecutive year

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 19, 2001 - For the fourth year in a row, Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) has been selected by readers of DM Review magazine as one of the most influential enterprise analytics vendors in the DM Review 100 competition. Ranked number 12 out of 100 business intelligence, data warehousing, analytic applications and customer relationship management companies, Informatica's high placement within the prestigious industry listing continues to reflect the company's leading position in the enterprise analytics market.

“We are very pleased to have received this vote of confidence from the readers of DM Review. We believe the ranking reflects growing recognition of our vision to provide a single, unified analytic infrastructure that enables decision makers to transform business insight into true competitive advantage,” said Diaz Nesamoney, president and COO of Informatica. “We plan to continue combining the best of data integration, analytic applications and delivery technology to enable collaborative, real-time decision-making throughout the enterprise.”

“Informatica continues to lead the market with high-quality data integration and analytic software that matches customer needs,” said Ron Powell, publisher and editorial director of DM Review. “Key to the company's leadership position has been its ability to adjust to rapidly changing marketplace demands. Through innovative product development, Informatica has succeeded in bringing to market a fully integrated, single-vendor enterprise analytic suite designed to help companies better analyze, measure and improve their operational effectiveness through metrics-driven management.”

In a product usage and vendor rating survey, DM Review readers were asked to rate the vendors of business intelligence, data warehousing, analytic applications and customer relationship management products used within their organizations. The 2001 DM Review 100 alphabetical listing can be found at http://www.dmreview.com/awards/top100.

DM Review is one of today's leading publications covering strategic solutions for business intelligence, analytic applications (including CRM) and data warehousing across all major industries.

About Informatica

Informatica provides enterprise analytic software that enables decision makers to transform business insight into competitive advantage. Informatica offers the industry's only integrated enterprise analytics suite, including a powerful data integration platform, cross value chain analytic applications, and real-time delivery of analytics via Web, wireless and voice. More than 1,370 customers worldwide, including 60 percent of the Fortune 100, rely on Informatica software to integrate, analyze, personalize and deliver critical information to managers, executives and other decision makers to optimize business performance.

Our list of global customers includes 3Com, AMD, American Airlines, BMW, Borders Group, Brocade, Brunswick, Chevron, Cisco, CNET, Deutsche Bank, eBay, General Electric, France Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, MetLife, Motorola, Nokia, Orbitz, Philips, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sprint, UBS, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Postal Service and Vizzavi. For more information, call 1.650.385.5000 (1.800.970.1179 in the U.S.), or visit the Informatica Web site at http://www.informatica.com/

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including the statements regarding our plans to continue to combine data integration, analytic applications and delivery technology in the enterprise analytics market. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the pace of IT capital spending, the level of demand for our products and risks associated with new products 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 September 30, 2001. Informatica assumes no duty to update the information in this release.

Contact:

Samantha Moore
Informatica Corporation
650-385-5259
pr@informatica.com

Colleen Haikes
TSI Communications
415-808-9885
chaikes@tsicomm.com