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Yamaha has selected Informatica's Master Data Management (MDM) solution to unify enterprise data and enhance business insights. The implementation aims to combine data from over 200 global systems, including product, customer, and financial information, to support Yamaha's 'Make Waves' brand initiative.

The partnership focuses on delivering trusted data and providing AI-powered insights for more agile decision-making. Yamaha chose Informatica for its multi-cloud compatibility, dedicated engineering team, and industry expertise. The implementation will help Yamaha respond more effectively to consumer needs and enhance customer engagement through improved data management.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, has been recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Integration Tools. This marks the 19th consecutive year that Informatica has received this recognition. Additionally, for the 11th consecutive year, Informatica has been positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis and highest on the Ability to Execute axis.

Gartner forecasts that by 2027, AI assistants and AI-enhanced workflows in data integration tools will reduce manual intervention by 60% and enable self-service data management. Pratik Parekh, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Informatica, stated that this recognition reflects the company's commitment to innovating and meeting customer requirements for AI-ready data.

Gartner notes that Leaders in the Magic Quadrant exhibit significant market mind share, recognize emerging market demands, and often provide new functional capabilities ahead of demand. However, Leaders also face competition from CSPs or smaller vendors with focused capabilities and attractive pricing.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) announced new innovations for GenAI and analytics solutions built on AWS. The company revealed enterprise-grade GenAI blueprints and automation recipes for Amazon Bedrock, while being named a launch partner for Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse.

Key developments include data management capabilities for Amazon Bedrock, supporting GenAI application development with architectural blueprints and automation recipes. The company also announced integration with AWS PrivateLink Resource Endpoints for secure networking and advanced serverless processing, scheduled for April 2025.

The Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse integration, available by 2025, will unify data across lakes, warehouses, databases, and enterprise applications using Apache Iceberg API compatibility.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) has announced a 'Technology Talk' webcast focusing on modern cloud data architectures. The event will explore the evolution from traditional data warehouses to current cloud data infrastructure and highlight the role of Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ platform (IDMC).

The discussion will cover IDMC's integration with emerging cloud data technologies, including Iceberg and Delta open table storage formats, local and open-source catalogs, Zero ETL, Zero Copy, and RAG for AI. The 90-minute live webcast is scheduled for December 17, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

Lion, a major Australian and New Zealand brewer, has selected Informatica (NYSE: INFA) to support its data management transformation. The company aims to address data fragmentation and disparate data sources by implementing Informatica's Cloud Data Governance and Catalog, powered by the AI-driven Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ platform. This initiative is part of Lion's broader IT transformation strategy to become a next-generation digital enterprise. With over 2,000 employees in Australia and 1,000 in New Zealand, Lion seeks to improve data quality, break down data silos, and enhance data-driven decision-making capabilities across its organization.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) announced three new capabilities for Microsoft Azure to enhance AI and Analytics solutions: Gen AI Blueprint for Azure OpenAI Service, Enhanced SQL ELT for Microsoft Fabric Datawarehouse, and Open Table Iceberg Support for ADLS Gen2. The Gen AI Blueprint accelerates enterprise-grade GenAI development with reference architectures. As the first ISV to offer ELT for Microsoft Fabric Datawarehouse, Informatica enables data transformation within Microsoft Fabric's environment. The Iceberg support allows customers to reduce storage costs and optimize query performance across Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) announced its Board of Directors' approval to begin repurchasing its Class A common stock through open market transactions under a $400 million authorization. The company plans to repurchase approximately $100 million of stock by the end of 2024, funded with cash on hand. The actual repurchase amount will vary based on stock price, trading volume, and market conditions. As of September 30, 2024, Informatica had about 313 million diluted shares outstanding and $1.2 billion in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) announced the expansion of CLAIRE® GPT, its enterprise GenAI-powered data management assistant, to Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Following its North American launch in May 2024, the expansion includes new Points of Delivery (PoDs) to meet data residency, regulatory, and performance requirements.

CLAIRE® GPT provides a natural language-based chat interface to the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC) platform, streamlining complex data management workflows. The service is now available in Europe, with APAC availability scheduled for November 15.

Informatica (NYSE: INFA) has announced the pricing of its secondary public offering of 16,000,000 shares of Class A common stock at $25.50 per share. The offering is being made by Permira and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The selling stockholders have granted underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 2,400,000 additional shares. The offering is expected to close on November 12, 2024. Informatica will not receive any proceeds from the sale. Goldman Sachs & Co. leads the offering as book-running manager, with J.P. Morgan as senior active book-running manager.