Coveted 21st Century Achievement Award goes to university-wide data
integration and visibility environment
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Informatica
Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), a leading provider of data integration
solutions, today announced that the Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
has won this year's top IDG Computerworld Honors Program award in the
category of Education and Academia. Dedicated to the ongoing professional
development of the Department of Defense's global Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics workforce, the DAU won the prestigious 21st Century
Achievement Award for its real-time information architecture and data
repository, powered by the Informatica PowerCenter data integration
platform.
"The university-wide data integration and visibility environment we
created with the help of Informatica has had a profound impact on the DAU's
mission, reflected in rapidly rising graduation rates and the deployment of
more than 1.6 million hours of new learning assets with no increase in the
annual training budget," said Frank Anderson, president, DAU, who accepted
the award at the program's 19th annual medal ceremony in Washington, D.C.
last week. "The data integration challenge was formidable -- more than 40
data sources -- but now the information silos have fallen and we're able to
leverage all our data to drive more efficient operations and successful
educational outcomes."
Fusing data from dozens of disparate sources inside and outside the
five- campus university, the DAU's information architecture presents
consolidated information on demand to administrators, instructors and staff
via easy-to- understand dashboard views and repeatable reports that touch
almost everyone in the university. As a result, business visibility is now
widespread: administrators see at-a-glance class costs, teacher
certifications, and graduation and attrition rates; instructors receive
reports on the success of each class; and civilian contractors have insight
into how their employees are progressing in the university's training
programs. In short, everyone has on- demand access to the information they
need to improve their performance and that of the university as a whole as
the DAU fulfills its mission of training the workforce that manages the
logistics and technologies supporting US warfighters worldwide.
"The DAU exemplifies the challenges facing all learning institutions
and government agencies: improving accountability and consistently doing
more with less," said Brian Gentile, executive vice president and chief
marketing officer at Informatica. "Through its new information
architecture, the DAU can now more intelligently align its resources with
its business strategies and with the educational and career management
needs of the DoD's worldwide logistics workforce. We applaud the DAU's
trailblazing achievements in data integration and congratulate them on
their most recent honor."
In addition to the DAU's 21st Century Achievement Award, three other
Informatica customers were awarded Laureate status in the Computerworld
Honors Program this year: Brocade Communications, Humberside Police and M&S
Money.
About IDG's Computerworld Honors Program
Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, the Computerworld
Honors Program is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information
Technology Awards Foundation. In its 19th year, Computerworld Honors is the
longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that
use information technology to benefit society. Each year, the program's
Chairmen's Committee, a group of 100 Chairmen/CEOs of global technology
companies, nominates individuals and organizations around the world whose
visionary application of information technology promotes positive social
and economic progress. Nominations are evaluated by an independent board of
CIO-level judges who select Laureates, Finalists and award recipients, in
10 industry- related categories, to be honored at the Laureate Medal
Ceremony.
About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA) is a leading provider of
enterprise data integration software and services. With Informatica,
organizations can gain greater business value by integrating all their
information assets from across the enterprise. More than 2,790 companies
worldwide rely on Informatica to reduce the cost and expedite the time to
address data integration needs of any complexity and scale. For more
information, call 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-9871 in the U.S.), or visit
http://www.informatica.com.
Note: Informatica and PowerCenter are trademarks 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.
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