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TOP ANALYST FIRM PLACES INFORMATICA IN “LEADER” QUADRANT FOR ETL MARKET
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 14, 2002 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), the leading provider of business analytics software, today announced that Gartner has placed Informatica in the “Leaders” quadrant in the May 6 report, “ETL Magic Quadrant Update: A Market in Evolution.” (See http://www.gartner.com/reprints/informatica/106602.html for the full report.) According to Gartner, “Leaders” are vendors that are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.*
“Given that Gartner is by far the top analyst firm covering the technology space today, the group's recognition of Informatica in the leader quadrant in extraction, transformation and loading tools market is a significant honor,” said Diaz Nesamoney, president and COO of Informatica. “We take pride in the fact that the Informatica Data Integration Platform continues to gain momentum as a global standard for enterprise data integration with continued recognition from analysts, industry awards and strong customer adoption.”
“In positioning vendors in this updated version of the ETL Magic Quadrant, we emphasize vendor viability, alliances, pricing models and key product/functional criteria,” said the Gartner report. “Furthermore, the vendors' plans and ability (both demonstrated and perceived) to address key trends in data integration (such as real-time requirements, increasing complexity of integration scenarios and massive data volumes) factor heavily in the placement.”
The Informatica Data Integration Platform is the proven standard infrastructure for enterprise and departmental data integration, with connectivity to virtually all data sources and the ability to interchange and integrate data across a wide area network or the Internet. Comprised of the flagship Informatica PowerCenter software product as well as expanded connectivity solutions that extend even across firewalls, the Informatica Data Integration Platform helps companies integrate and analyze data from virtually any corporate system, including ERP, CRM, supply chain, procurement, EAI, mainframe and legacy systems. The Informatica platform provides real-time performance, scalability and extensibility to handle the analytic requirements of even the largest enterprises.
About Informatica
Informatica provides business analytics software that enables decision makers to transform business insight into competitive advantage. Informatica offers the industry's only integrated business analytics suite, including an enterprise data integration platform, cross value chain analytic applications, and real-time delivery of analytics via Web, wireless and voice. More than 1,500 customers worldwide, including 60 percent of the Fortune 100, rely on Informatica software to integrate, analyze and deliver critical information to managers, executives and other decision makers to optimize business performance. 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/
NOTE: Informatica and PowerCenter are trademarks or registered trademarks of Informatica Corporation in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners.
*The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted May 6, 2002 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. Gartner's permission to print or reference its Magic Quadrant should not be deemed to be an endorsement of any company or product depicted in the quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is Gartner's opinion and is an analytical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It measures vendors against Gartner-defined criteria for a marketplace. The positioning of vendors within a Magic Quadrant is based on the complex interplay of many factors. Gartner does not advise enterprises to select only those firms in the Leaders segment. In some situations, firms in the Visionary, Challenger, or Niche Player segments may be the right match for an enterprise's requirements. Well-informed vendor selection decisions should rely on more than a Magic Quadrant. Gartner research is intended to be one of many information sources including other published information and direct analyst interaction. Gartner expressly disclaims all warranties, express or implied of fitness of this research for a particular purpose.
Contact:
Samantha Moore
Informatica Corporation
650-385-5259
Colleen Haikes
TSI Communications
415-808-9885
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