Informatica Positioned In the “Leader” Quadrant For ETL Market

Industry-leading analyst firm places company in leader quadrant based on vision and ability to execute

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., September 10, 2004—Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of data integration software, today announced that the company was positioned in the "Leader" quadrant in Gartner's September 8, 2004 report, "Magic Quadrant for ETL, 2H04." According to Gartner, "Leaders" are vendors that are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

"We are pleased to be acknowledged by Gartner in the leader quadrant for the ETL market," said Sohaib Abbasi, president and CEO of Informatica. "We feel our position in the leader quadrant recognizes our momentum this year, as we continue to meet customer demand for a powerful data integration platform that supports strategic enterprise initiatives, such as centralized integration competency centers. Informatica continues to advance the state of the art for data integration software, providing comprehensive functionality that helps customers successfully achieve a wide range of data integration initiatives."

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 complex integration initiatives.

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 (1-800-970-1179 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com/.

Note: Informatica and PowerCenter are registered trademarks of Informatica Corporation in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners.

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2004 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period.  It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant.  The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.