Nesamoney to depart after nearly 10 years at Informatica

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 29, 2002 - Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) today announced that Diaz Nesamoney, President and COO, will resign from the Company to pursue other interests, effective immediately. Gaurav Dhillon, CEO and co-founder, will assume greater operational responsibility and the additional role of President.

“It has been a privilege working with Diaz to build this great company,” said Dhillon. “Today at Informatica we have a team of the smartest, most-knowledgeable people in the industry, who have pioneered the market and set the standard for analytics. Diaz's contributions will long be remembered. We wish him well as he enters a new chapter in his life.”

Mr. Nesamoney co-founded Informatica in early 1993, and in the early years he was instrumental in developing Informatica's market-leading data integration products. In early 2000, Mr. Nesamoney assumed the additional role of President and COO, where he helped Informatica expand into the large, growing market for business analytics.

“My years at Informatica have been tremendously rewarding,” said Nesamoney. “I am proud of the success we have achieved over the years, and am confident that the Informatica team will continue to lead the way in the analytics market.”

In this transition, Mr. Nesamoney will be transferring his responsibilities to the various members of the Informatica management team and will be stepping down from the Company's Board of Directors.

About Informatica

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 companies 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 http://www.informatica.com/