REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one independent provider of data integration software, today announced the finalists in its 2014 Informatica Innovation Awards competition. The 10 award categories recognize organizations that have demonstrated leadership in using Informatica solutions to drive innovation and business success. The winners in each category will be announced at Informatica's 14th annual user conference, Informatica World 2014, May 12-15, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas.
Selected from more than 5,000 Informatica customers, Innovation Awards finalists represent organizations that are transforming their businesses by using Informatica solutions to unleash the full potential of their data. The 2014 Innovation Awards finalists include:
| Addivant | Geiger | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| American Airlines/US Airways | HMS | Thomson Reuters |
| Comcast | HP | Trading Technologies International |
| ConocoPhillips | ICON | UPMC |
| Devon Energy | Intuit | Verizon |
| EMC Corporation | Landbank of the Philippines | Washington Department of Financial Services |
| Fannie Mae | nCino | Wells Fargo |
| FedEx | Philips with Cognizant | Western Union |
| GE Aviation | Risk Management Solutions (RMS) | |
| GE Software | Southwest Power Pool |
The 2014 Innovation Awards categories include:
| Application Modernization with Hybrid IT | Governance, Risk and Compliance |
| Big Data | Enterprise Data Platform |
| Business Agility | Improved Decisions |
| Customer Centricity | Internet of Things (IoT) |
| Embedded Apps | Operational Efficiency |
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Supporting Quotes:
- "We are honored to be recognized as an Innovation Awards finalist for our mission-critical project of merging data that is critical for revenue management to assist the two airlines becoming one," said Tom Kato, Principal Architect, American Airlines. "The ability to quickly and accurately combine data from US Airways and American Airlines to accommodate timely analytical reporting plays a key role in helping us successfully integrate our companies."
- "We are delighted to be among such distinguished companies as an Innovation Awards finalist," said Nicholas Loeffler, chief information officer, Addivant. "Addivant required a fully automated, easy to consume, cloud-based analytical solution to replace our existing manually intensive financial analysis and reporting process. With Informatica's hybrid approach, we are able to integrate all our data, whether it resides on-premise or in the cloud, which empowers business unit leaders with the financial data, reports and dashboards they need to perform their jobs and make better business decisions."
- "Today, customers are turning to Informatica to help solve their greatest data problems. The 2014 Innovation Award finalists exemplify organizations that are transforming their businesses through data--innovating new offerings, delighting customers and beating the competition," said Marge Breya, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Informatica. "Informatica collaborates with our customers to deliver the clean, safe and connected data that is the foundation for confident decision making and operations. Informatica applauds these data-centric organizations and looks forward to their continued success."
About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA) is the world's number one independent provider of data integration software. Organizations around the world rely on Informatica to realize their information potential and drive top business imperatives. Informatica Vibe, the industry's first and only embeddable virtual data machine (VDM), powers the unique "Map Once. Deploy Anywhere." capabilities of the Informatica Platform. Worldwide, over 5,000 enterprises depend on Informatica to fully leverage their information assets from devices to mobile to social to big data residing on-premise, in the Cloud and across social networks. For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com. Connect with Informatica at http://www.facebook.com/InformaticaCorporation, http://www.linkedin.com/company/informatica and http://twitter.com/InformaticaCorp.
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