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Informatica, a leader in AI-powered cloud data management, has partnered with HowGood, an independent research company, to empower the food industry in making data-driven sustainability decisions and facilitating ESG compliance. Announced at Climate Week NYC, this collaboration leverages Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) for ESG Sustainability, enriched with HowGood's extensive database on food product sustainability.

The partnership aims to provide detailed analysis and reporting on the environmental and ethical impacts of ingredients and products from farm to fork. HowGood's database includes over 90,000 agricultural emission factors and covers various impact assessments such as greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, and labor risks. This integration is now available, enabling food manufacturers, retailers, and brands to make informed, environmentally-responsible decisions and improve their ESG performance.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Innovation Labs (iLabs) in Bangalore, India. iLabs, the company's largest R&D center globally, has been important in developing key products for enterprise data management. Notable achievements include:

• Development of Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) and CLAIRE®AI engine
• Launch of CLAIRE GPT in May 2024
• Over $1 Billion dedicated to R&D

iLabs employs nearly half of Informatica's 5000+ workforce across Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The center contributes significantly to India's digital transformation and economy. Informatica works with over 80 enterprise companies in India and has a strong community of GSI partners. The company also focuses on talent development through initiatives like the National Apprenticeship Program and campus hiring.

FUJIFILM Holdings has implemented Informatica's Master Data Management (MDM) solution to unify their data strategy and drive centralized decision-making. This move addresses data fragmentation resulting from decades of business expansion and transformation. Informatica's MDM enables FUJIFILM to combine data across multiple source systems, streamlining diverse data domains including product codes, sales, inventory, and business partner data.

The implementation allows FUJIFILM to visualize data from global operations through a unified, cross-functional view, contributing to more efficient operations and data-driven decision-making. FUJIFILM plans to advance self-service business intelligence, integrate AI into management decisions, and improve data utilization while maintaining high-quality, trusted data within the organization.

Ricoh Company, , a leading document management solutions provider, has chosen Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) to accelerate its GLIDER data infrastructure project. This project aims to consolidate raw data from over 50 Ricoh Group companies globally, supporting Ricoh's transformation into a digital services company. The move from Informatica's PowerCenter on-premises environment to the AI-powered, cloud-native IDMC platform will allow Ricoh to fully reuse PowerCenter assets in the cloud, saving migration costs and time.

The IDMC platform was selected for its platform neutrality, multi-cloud support, superior functionality, and performance. It offers an easy-to-use interface, a low-code/no-code environment, and the scalability needed to adapt to changing business environments. This modernization is expected to improve productivity, operational efficiency, and enable continuous innovation for better digital workflow experiences.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) has been chosen by Australian lenders mortgage insurer Helia to enhance data governance and streamline data management, aiming to accelerate claims processing. Helia, Australia's first lenders mortgage insurance provider, is adopting Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) platform, including the Cloud Data Governance and Catalog (CDGC) solution.

This AI-powered platform will help Helia manage large volumes of customer data, improve data trust and literacy, and enhance data privacy across the organization. The implementation is expected to supercharge Helia's digital capabilities, enabling intelligent chatbots and automated decision-making for claims, ultimately improving customer experience and mitigating compliance risks.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) has announced the general availability of a new blueprint for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI. This integration of Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform with OCI Generative AI and Oracle Database 23ai aims to establish a trusted data foundation for enterprise-grade GenAI applications. Key benefits include:

• Grounding of GenAI applications with enterprise data
• Prompt enrichment with comprehensive data and metadata
• Integration of data quality metrics
• No-code orchestration of RAG chain and agent-based GenAI applications
• Comprehensive data governance

Additionally, Informatica announced the general availability of Cloud Data Governance & Catalog (CDGC) and PowerCenter Cloud Edition on OCI, further expanding their partnership with Oracle.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, has been recognized as a top performer in enterprise data catalog technology by two prominent research firms. Forrester Research named Informatica a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ Enterprise Data Catalogs, Q3 2024, praising its comprehensive AI-powered data management platform. Dresner Advisory Services ranked Informatica No. 1 in its Data Catalog Study, 2024 Edition, highlighting the company's strong governance capabilities and data catalog/metadata management features.

Informatica's Data Catalog, available as an AI-powered automated service in the Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform, plays a vital role in helping enterprises organize, curate, categorize, and locate distributed data. The recognition underscores Informatica's commitment to democratizing high-quality governed data and meeting enterprise demands for self-service and AI enablement.

SUBARU has chosen Informatica's AI-powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) to drive a global-scale data integration project. This decision aims to address SUBARU's challenge of siloed data and utilization issues across departments. The project, launched in 2020, consolidates data from vehicle development to after-sales maintenance, creating a company-wide data integration platform.

The platform went live in 2022, enabling seamless linkage of lifetime data, including vehicle development, manufacturing, sales, maintenance, and customer IDs. Informatica's IDMC platform and cloud data integration capabilities allow SUBARU to curate data globally, driving business insights from reliable data. Currently, about 400 data assets have been cataloged, with plans to expand user access through BI tools in the future.

Alain Afflelou, a global franchise provider for optical and auditory solutions, has implemented Informatica's (NYSE: INFA) AI-powered Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) platform to govern data collected from its franchisees across 19 countries. This move aims to improve data trust and support business-critical decisions.

With over 1,400 independently-owned franchise stores worldwide, Afflelou faced challenges in data governance due to varying data definitions, organization, types, and formats across geographies. The IDMC platform provides robust data governance capabilities, ensuring data quality and confidentiality while creating a trusted foundation for strategic, compliance, and reporting needs.

Jean-Christophe Leboucher, Chief Data Officer at Alain Afflelou, emphasized the importance of data as a important asset in the franchise business, highlighting its role in guiding partners on operational efficiency.