Informatica 2007 Innovation Award Winners Exemplify Customer Leadership
Eighth Annual Awards Spotlight Innovative Use of Informatica Data Integration Technologies Driving Business Advantage
ORLANDO, Fla., May 1 / -- INFORMATICA WORLD 2007 -- Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ:INFA), a leading provider of data integration software, today announced the winners of the Informatica 2007 Innovation Awards at Informatica World 2007, with accolades going to Achmea, Air France Cargo-KLM Cargo, Boston Medical Center, Cadbury Schweppes, M&S Money, the New York Police Department (NYPD), Rabobank, and The William Carter Company.
The winning organizations were recognized by Sohaib Abbasi, chairman and chief executive officer of Informatica, and Brian Gentile, chief marketing officer of Informatica, who presented the awards to the company representatives at Informatica World 2007 in Orlando.
The overwhelming number of strong entries this year resulted in unprecedented ties in two key categories: Data Migration and Consolidation, and Data Warehousing. The categories and winners for the Awards are as follows:
Category Winner
Data Migration and Consolidation (tie): Air France/KLM Cargo
Partner: Sogeti
Data Migration and Consolidation (tie): The William Carter Company
Partner: Informatica Professional
Services
Data Warehousing (tie): Boston Medical Center
Data Warehousing (tie): New York Police Department
Partner: Dimension Data
Broader Data Integration: Rabobank
Partner: Informatica Professional
Services
Integration Competency Center: Achmea
Partner: Atos Origin
Data Quality Operational Efficiency: Cadbury Schweppes
Partner: Informatica Professional
Services
Data Quality Regulatory Compliance: M&S Money
"This year's Informatica Innovation Awards showcase organizations that, when faced with significant opportunities and challenges -- around compliance, customer-centricity, business efficiency and more -- have achieved breakthrough results through their innovative applications of data integration technology," said Brian Gentile, executive vice president and CMO of Informatica. "These are organizations that have turned their everyday torrents of information into a business advantage, helping to drive customer value, operational excellence, and even public welfare. Informatica embraces the opportunity to honor these organizations and we are proud to be a part of their success."
About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ:INFA) is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software and services. With Informatica, organizations can gain greater business value by integrating all their information assets from across the enterprise. More than 2,790 companies worldwide rely on Informatica to reduce the cost and expedite the time to address data integration needs of any complexity and scale.For more information, call 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-9871 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com/ .
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