Informatica Voted Number One For Data Integration By Readers Of Intelligent Enterprise

Strategic IT decision-makers place Informatica PowerCenter into top spot for second-consecutive year

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., August 25, 2004—For the second year in a row, the readers of CMP Media’s Intelligent Enterprise magazine have cast their ballots selecting Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) as the top vendor for data integration.  Named today as part of the Intelligent Enterprise 2004 Reader’s Choice Awards, the Informatica PowerCenter data integration platform was voted best in the ETL category by the magazine’s 80,000 subscribers.

“Readers of Intelligent Enterprise are key individuals who evaluate strategic information solutions, approve their purchase, and plan constantly how to best meet future needs.  Ultimately, a vote from this group represents a vote of confidence in Informatica,” said David Stodder, editor in chief of Intelligent Enterprise. “Informatica’s top placement once again is a reflection of the company’s long-standing leadership in data integration.”

“We are pleased to once again receive this level of recognition from the readers of Intelligent Enterprise, highlighting our customers’ successful implementation of Informatica’s market-leading data integration platform,” said Paul Albright, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Informatica. “Customer needs in the data integration arena continue to evolve and expand.  Informatica is committed to continually pushing the envelope with new technologies and capabilities, listening to our customers and continually raising the bar on technology standards.”

Voting was open exclusively to Intelligent Enterprise subscribers. Results will be published in the September 4, 2004 issue of Intelligent Enterprise magazine. Visit http://www.intelligententerprise.com/ for the full story.

Published 18 times annually by CMP Media, Intelligent Enterprise is the only magazine dedicated to the strategic business applications that turn information into intelligence. It serves an exclusive audience of 80,000 business and IT professionals who plan and deploy the strategic applications their companies depend on to improve decision making, enhance business performance, and maximize the value of customer relationships.

About Informatica
Informatica Corporation 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 (1-800-970-179 in the U.S.), or visit http://www.informatica.com/.

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