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Informatica Corporation today announced that CMP Media's Intelligent Enterprise magazine has named Informatica PowerAnalyzer 4 a "compelling alternative in the BI space" that "may well be the product to beat." Featured in the magazine's November 18th issue, the magazine's hands-on review rated the PowerAnalyzer business intelligence platform "excellent" or "good" across five key evaluation criteria. Observing that BI solutions "must be able to reach out and touch someone," the review calls PowerAnalyzer "a feature-rich and technology-progressive solution that takes BI a big step forward in this direction." After evaluating the product across five categories, Intelligent Enterprise gave PowerAnalyzer the highest possible score (Excellent) for scalability, support for analytic applications, and support for query, reporting and analysis. In addition, the product was rated high (Good) for BI application development features and support for performance management. "Informatica PowerAnalyzer 4 has a slew of features to help you get the most out of your business data," states the review. Highlights included PowerAnalyzer's strong reporting features, alerts and indicators, patent-pending workflow technology for guided analysis, strong support for Microsoft Excel, and strong administration features within the same browser interface. Also considered noteworthy were PowerAnalyzer's "sensible" Internet-centric approach and tight coupling with Informatica's enterprise data integration platform. "All things considered, PowerAnalyzer offers a compelling alternative in the BI space and may well be the product to beat," concludes the review. "Here's an easy recommendation. Give Informatica PowerAnalyzer 4 serious consideration in your enterprise data and BI strategies." "We are honored to receive such a glowing evaluation from one of the best-known publications covering the business intelligence and data integration space," said Girish Pancha, executive vice president of products at Informatica. "PowerAnalyzer has achieved amazing traction in the market since its introduction 18 months ago, with rapid customer adoption and broad industry recognition for its next-generation capabilities. We are committed to building upon this momentum, and look forward to helping our customers further leverage BI for maximum business performance." The full review from Intelligent Enterprise, entitled "BI Takes A Step Forward," is posted at http://www.intelligententerprise.com/031118/618products1_1.shtml .