Informatica Customers Named Top Finalists For DM Review World Class Solution Award

CNA and Prudential UK secure two of four spots within hotly contested data integration category 

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 8, 2004—Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of data integration software, today announced that two of its customers, insurance leaders CNA and Prudential UK, have been selected as finalists in DM Review's prestigious 2004 World Class Solution Awards competition. The two companies were awarded two of the four finalists positions in the Data Acquisition and Integration category.

"Informatica customers consistently demonstrate significant success with their data integration initiatives, as evidenced by Informatica's selection as a finalist in the Data Acquisition and Integration category again this year," said Jean Schauer, editor in chief of DM Review. "Selected from more than 80 entries, finalists for the coveted World Class Solution Awards represent the cream of the crop, in both vision and ability to implement that vision through best practices, vendor partnerships and technologies."

"We are very proud that two of our customers have made it to the final round of this global competition, and regard it as further proof positive that Informatica customers consistently enjoy successful implementations that generate significant business value," said Paul Albright, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Informatica. "It has been very rewarding to work with CNA and Prudential UK - as well as last year's winner in this category, ING - as they've addressed their enterprise integration challenges using Informatica and implemented model solutions.  We look forward to supporting their continued success."

The World Class Solution Awards are symbols of excellence within the business intelligence and data warehousing industry. Finalists were selected by a 20-person panel of industry-expert judges who assess each entry's impact, relevance and innovation. World Class Solution Award winners will be announced September 28, 2004 at the DCI Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Conference at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

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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