HNI Corporation Selects Informatica To Help Speed Procurement Analysis

Leading U.S. manufacturer to use Informatica PowerCenter software to power enterprise data warehouse

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 6, 2004—Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of data integration software, today announced that HNI Corporation (NYSE:HNI), one of North America's largest office-furniture manufacturers, has selected the Informatica PowerCenter data integration platform to help it more efficiently analyze and improve procurement, sales, marketing, human resources, logistics, quality and production processes across the company.

"We are pleased to welcome another leading manufacturer to Informatica's marquee list of global customers," said Mary Anne Gillespie, senior vice president of North America field operations at Informatica. "By implementing data integration best practices through the use of Informatica's highly reusable and scalable platform, HNI is well positioned to effectively support strategic sourcing and a wide range of other business-critical initiatives."

Sixteen of the world's top 20 manufacturing companies currently rely on Informatica's data integration software to help power significant business results. Informatica PowerCenter is the industry-leading enterprise data integration platform, providing increased data integrity and greater visibility of enterprise data and processes. With its adaptable architecture, PowerCenter provides optimized scalability and performance, and a high-degree of reuse throughout the integration process. Using PowerCenter, organizations can reduce the time, cost and risk associated with their complex integration initiatives.

HNI Corporation is the second-largest office furniture manufacturer in North America, and the nation's leading manufacturer and marketer of gas- and wood-burning fireplaces. The company was recognized for the sixth-consecutive year as one of the 400 Best Big Companies in America by Forbes magazine in 2004, and one of America's Most Admired Companies in by Fortune magazine in 2004.

About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading provider of data integration software. Using Informatica products, companies can access, integrate, visualize, and audit their enterprise information assets to help improve business performance, increase customer profitability, streamline supply chain operations and proactively manage regulatory compliance. More than 2,000 companies worldwide rely on Informatica for their end-to-end enterprise data integration needs. For more information, call 650-385-5000 (800-970-1179 in the U.S.), or visit http://www.informatica.com/.

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