June 8, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Informatica Corp. (NASDAQ: INFA), an independent provider of data integration software and services, announced the business, technology and vertical winners of the 2009 Informatica Innovation Awards competition.

The annual awards recognize innovative organizations who have achieved exemplary business value through their use of the Informatica Data Integration Platform. Judges chose eight individual business and technology enablement category winners, eleven vertical industry winners and one overall award for “A Strategic Approach to Data Integration” from over 3,600 customers. The overall honor goes to Carnival Cruise Lines for its strategic approach to data integration which plays a significant role in ensuring its passengers’ safety.

This year’s panel of judges includes industry experts Mark Smith, CEO & EVP Research, Ventana Research and Bob Melk, senior vice president and Group Publisher, IDG ENTERPRISE, in addition to Informatica executives.

Melk stated, “What stands out in judging the 2009 Informatica Innovation Awards is the sheer number of nominations and how each demonstrated bold leadership and innovation. In today’s economic climate, these companies were able to move their companies’ business forward while consistently delivering on cost savings. The winners were very strong.”

“This year we are hosting a virtual awards ceremony to honor our most innovative customers. All of our winners have demonstrated a broad use and adoption of the Informatica data integration platform in delivering significant business advantage to their organizations. They have shown how to both empower business and IT users with the data they require and, at the same time, lower the costs of managing that data,” said Chris Boorman, chief marketing officer, Informatica. “In the current economy IT must lower costs and ‘do more with less’, including deliver results in a timely and accurate manner. We are delighted to see so many nominations where companies are transforming their business by recognizing the value of being a data-driven enterprise.”

The 2009 winners in each category are:

Business and Technology Enablement Award Winners

 * NBC Universal for: Enabling better decision making by driving business intelligence

 * Centene for: Delivering trusted information to drive data governance and reduce risk

 * Bank of New York Mellon for: Accelerating shareholder value in mergers and acquisitions

 * ICICI Prudential Life Insurance company with PricewaterhouseCoopers for: Driving operational excellence by outsourcing noncore functions, modernizing the business, or reducing IT costs

 * Carnival Cruise Lines for: Improving customer information to enhance customer service or increase customer revenue

 * Zyme Solutions for: Strengthening partner network effectiveness

 * Smith & Nephew for: Fortifying overall operations with global data quality

 * Bax Global/Schenker for: Cloud Computing

Vertical Industry Award Winners

 * Duke Energy for: Energy and Utilities

 * Bank of New York Mellon for: Financial Services

 * BNSF for: Transportation

 * Centene for: Healthcare

 * Australian Pharmaceutical Industry for: Life Sciences

 * Smith & Nephew for: Manufacturing

 * NBC Universal for: Media/Entertainment

 * Nike with Wipro for: Retail

 * Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) for: Public Sector

 * Carnival Cruise Lines for: Services

 * Avaya for: Telecommunications

Overall Award Winner

 * Carnival Cruise Lines for: A Strategic Approach to Data Integration

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