Pella Selects Informatica’s Data Integration Platform

Leading manufacturer standardizes on Informatica PowerCenter to help improve sales and customer service

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 27, 2004—Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of data integration software, today announced that Pella Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of premium-quality windows and doors, has standardized on the Informatica PowerCenter data integration platform to help scale its growing data warehouse, while reducing development costs and time. Pella will use PowerCenter to replace time-intensive handcoding development efforts for its enterprise data warehouse.

"After extensive research into data integration solutions, we selected Informatica to support our growing data warehouse because it best fits our current needs," said Steve Printz, CIO at Pella. "By implementing PowerCenter as the foundation of our enterprise data warehouse, we will be able to better support our business users as they leverage consolidated information to help drive customer service and sales improvements."

"In the competitive manufacturing industry, keeping a close pulse on product quality and the sales lifecycle from beginning to end is mission-critical," said Mary Anne Gillespie, senior vice president of North America field operations at Informatica. "Pella is yet another innovative customer that sees the value of leveraging Informatica data integration solutions to efficiently support a consolidated view of business information as the company grows."

Informatica PowerCenter is an industry-leading enterprise data integration platform, enabling companies to leverage existing information assets for enterprise insight that helps improve business performance, increase customer profitability, streamline supply chain operations and manage regulatory compliance. With its adaptable architecture, PowerCenter provides optimized scalability and performance, and a high-degree of reuse throughout the integration process to reduce the time, cost and risk associated with complex integration initiatives.

Founded in 1925, Pella Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of premium quality windows, patio doors, entry door systems and storm doors. Employing approximately 8,300 people, the company has long been recognized in the window and door industry for its technology and innovation, having been awarded more than 100 U.S. product and design patents. For more information, visit www.pella.com.

 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 2,100 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.

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