REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 24, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

        Recognized for Exemplary Leadership and Business Acumen

      Company Momentum Continues With Additional Industry Accolades


REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 24, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informatica
Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one independent leader in
data integration software, today announced that Paul Hoffman,
President, Worldwide Field Operations, has won the prestigious title of
Global Sales Leader of the Year in the 4th Annual Sales and Customer
Service Stevie Awards. These awards recognize the achievements of sales
and customer service executives globally. Hoffman was selected from
more than 500 entries in this year's competition.

Hoffman leads Informatica's worldwide field organization, including
Sales, Alliances, and Professional Services. With a 30-year track
record of leading high-growth organizations, Hoffman joined Informatica
in January 2005.

"Over the past five years, Informatica has more than doubled revenues,
growing significantly faster than the overall enterprise software
market," said Sohaib Abbasi, CEO and chairman, Informatica. "Under Paul
Hoffman's leadership, Informatica attained sustained record results and
built our strongest ever partner ecosystem. This industry award is
recognition of the exceptional operational discipline demonstrated by
Paul and his team."

Additional Accolades


  --  Informatica has also been recognized with three Stevie Awards in 2009:
      The Informatica Global Customer Support team won the Stevie Award for
      Best Use of Technology in Customer Service in the Sales & Customer
      Services category; Earl Fry, Informatica CFO, was recognized as Finance
      Executive of the Year at the 7th Annual American Business Awards; and
      Fry was named Finance Executive of the Year at the 6th Annual
      International Business Awards.
  --  The company was also recently recognized in the 2010 Intelligent
      Enterprise Editors' Choice Awards. Intelligent Enterprise named
      Informatica to 'The Dozen' most influential vendors for the intelligent
      enterprise and noted: "Informatica delivered strong growth in an
      otherwise weak market through a combination of focused execution and
      disciplined moves into adjacent markets… There's little doubt
      we'll see continued rock-steady execution and leadership from
      Informatica in the months ahead."
  --  Institutional Investor recognized Informatica executives in the 2010
      Best of Corporate America, All-America Executive Team. CEO, Sohaib
      Abbasi was named in the 'Top 3 CEOs - Buyside - Technology - Software'
      and CFO, Earl Fry was named in the 'Top 3 CFOs - Buyside - Technology -
      Software.'




About Informatica

Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA) is the world's number one
independent provider in data integration software. The Informatica
Platform provides organizations with a comprehensive, unified, open and
economical approach to lower IT costs and gain competitive advantage
from their information assets. More than 3,900 enterprises worldwide
rely on Informatica to access, integrate and trust their information
assets held in the traditional enterprise and in the internet cloud.
For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the
U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business
Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women
in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.
Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them,
the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace
worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

Note: Informatica is a registered trademark 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.


CONTACT:  Informatica Corporation
          Deborah Wiltshire
          +1 650 385 5360
          Mobile: +1 650 862 8186
          dwiltshire@informatica.com 

          Ogilvy PR
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          +1 303 634 2674
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