”REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 15, 2002 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), the leading provider of business analytics software, today announced that Burger King Corporation has chosen Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica PowerConnect for SAP R/3. Informatica's data integration platform products will be used to extract and integrate data for analysis in support of Burger King's internal management systems.
The Informatica data integration platform is the world-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.
Working in conjunction with the Informatica PowerCenter platform, Informatica PowerConnect for SAP R/3 allows companies to directly acquire and integrate the vast amounts of corporate data stored in SAP R/3 and leverage it for valuable insight and improved decision making. In addition to Burger King, other industry-leading companies currently using PowerConnect for SAP R/3 include BMW, Land O'Lakes, Delta Airlines, BP Amoco, Shell, Adidas, GlaxoSmithKline, Lucent, Bayer, Putnam Investments and British Airways.
Burger King Corporation was founded in 1954 and created the American icon, the HOME OF THE WHOPPER®, in 1957. The company and its franchisees operate more than 11,435 restaurants in all 50 states and 57 countries and territories around the world, with 92% of BURGER KING® restaurants owned and operated by independent franchisees. Since the company's founding in Miami in 1954, the BURGER KING brand has become recognized for great flame-broiled taste and HAVE IT YOUR WAY® food customization. In fiscal year 2001, the BURGER KING system had system-wide sales of $11.2 billion. Burger King Corporation is a part of Diageo (NYSE: DEO), the international food and drinks company. To learn more about the BURGER KING system, please visit the company's website at http://www.burgerking.com/
Informatica is the leading provider of business analytics software that helps Global 2000 companies monitor and manage the performance of key business operations across the enterprise. Informatica business analytics products span the entire “build to buy” spectrum, enabling customers to buy packaged analytic applications or build their own best-of-breed data warehousing solutions -- whichever approach best suits their requirements and resources. More than 1,500 customers worldwide are using Informatica data integration software to build and manage data warehouses. And, leading technology innovators, including Motorola, ConAgra, Brunswick, Brocade, Hewlett-Packard and GE, are using Informatica packaged analytic applications to successfully monitor and 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
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