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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), the leading provider of business analytics software, today announced that Gartner has placed Informatica in the "Leaders" quadrant in the May 6 report, "ETL Magic Quadrant Update: A Market in Evolution."

According to Gartner, "Leaders" are vendors that are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.*

The only other company in the Leader quadrant is Ascential Software.

(See http://www.informatica.com/products/integrate/etl.pdf for the full report.)