REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 22, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one independent provider of enterprise data integration software, today announced that its customer Smith & Nephew has won the 2009 Ventana Research Leadership Award in the Information Management category. The leading global supplier of medical devices for healthcare professionals launched an enterprise data goverance and master data management (MDM) quality initiative using the Informatica Platform. The goals of the initiative were to maximize supply chain efficiency, improve relationships with healthcare professionals and drive accurate enterprise-wide reporting through improving and ensuring the quality of its master data.
IT needed the business to take responsibility for ongoing data quality. This was achieved by placing powerful technology tools in the hands of data owners to monitor and govern their data quality. IT and the business thus function as partners in optimizing data governance.
"The business needed higher quality data and master data governance," said Barbara LaTulippe, Enterprise Data Architect, Smith & Nephew. "This was achieved by IT and business users working in concert to implement disciplines and the Informatica Platform to drive consistency and trust in the company's information assets."
Smith & Nephew has revolutionized the way it thinks about data and how to apply it for competitive advantage. The company now has predictable and optimized active data governance, rooted in the commitment and empowerment of the data owner/business user.
"Informatica enabled Smith & Nephew to measure and monitor data quality ensuring the organization was mobilized quickly to start their data quality initiative," said Ivan Chong, general manager, Data Quality, Informatica. "With the Informatica Platform, Smith & Nephew was able to meet very aggressive deadlines and targets by empowering their business users to directly participate in the data quality process. This important collaboration between the business and IT ensures ongoing access to timely, relevant and trusted data, which is central to Smith & Nephew's data governance initiative and ultimately to their business."
"The Leadership Awards honor organizations of all sizes and industries from across the world that have distinguished themselves in their approach to improve their performance," said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. "The nominations this year were among the finest we have seen and both winners and finalists are to be congratulated for the superior work they have done to accelerate their organizations' growth and improve their competitiveness."
About the Ventana Research 2009 Leadership Award
The 2009 Leadership Awards recognize those organizations that have most effectively delivered business success using people, process, information and technology best practices. The Leadership Awards recognize pioneers and leaders -- organizations and individuals that exemplify the understanding that the successful management of performance requires a clear vision, understanding and determination, and a team effort. These awards are designed to highlight exemplary individuals and organizations that have demonstrated business leadership.
About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA) is the world's number one independent provider of 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 3,850 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.
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