Readers of Silicon Valley technology publication select Dhillon as nation's top CEO of Indian descent

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 20, 2001 - Enterprise analytics leader Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) today announced that Gaurav Dhillon, CEO and cofounder, was named CEO of the Year by siliconindia magazine. Presented to Mr. Dhillon at the siliconindia Annual Technology and Entrepreneurship Conference in Santa Clara on Saturday, the annual award recognizes the business achievements and contributions of executives across the nation to the advancement of the IT industry.

“A chief executive's role is threefold: to achieve shareholder value, deliver valuable customer-oriented solutions and create a company culture that encourages employee innovation,” said siliconindia editor Yogesh Sharma. “Gaurav has shown strong commitment to the IT industry by creating and sustaining a company that will play a critical role in shaping the emerging enterprise analytics market in the coming years.”

According to Sharma, more than 200,000 technology professionals of Indian descent work in the Bay Area and represent one of America's most successful immigrant groups, having collectively created companies that account for $235 billion in market value.

“This award is an honor for Informatica and recognition of our progress by both the Indian and technology communities,” said Dhillon. “Informatica's progress is a testament to its world-class management team, to Diaz Nesamoney, our co-founder and COO, and some of the finest people in the software industry who work here as a team to propel our growth. Informatica and its enterprise analytics solutions have helped nearly 1,400 companies, including some of the world's largest entities, achieve significant business results. We continue to build on that success by staying innovative and focusing closely on our customers' needs.”

CEO of the Year candidates were submitted by siliconindia's 300,000 readers, who nominated hundreds of technology professionals of Indian descent. The magazine's editorial staff then narrowed the list to five CEOs and once again passed the ballot to its readers to cast the definitive vote for the winner.

siliconindia is a monthly business and technology publication with over 75,000 subscribers in the United States. siliconindia.com is a complete IT portal Web site, with content, resources, interactivity and marketplaces related to the technology industry in India, as it relates to the rest of the world. siliconindia has offices in Silicon Valley, New York City, London and Bangalore, India.

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/.

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