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PricewaterhouseCoopers and Informatica Target B2B E-commerce Analytic Solutions

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Informatica (www.informatica.com), a provider of e-business analytic software, announced a strategic alliance to jointly develop, sell and support end-to-end analytic solutions for the rapidly expanding business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce market worldwide.

Through the alliance, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Informatica will deliver an array of software and services to help global e-businesses in a wide range of industries evaluate their performance across key operational areas and make better-informed, strategic decisions.

A multi-layered agreement is in place to facilitate the alliance:

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers will receive a $30 million equity stake in Informatica in exchange for transferring ownership of intellectual property (primarily its supply chain and procurement analytic application software), personnel and other assets to Informatica. PricewaterhouseCoopers and Informatica will together train more than 300 of PricewaterhouseCoopers' consultants on Informatica Applications, Informatica's integrated suite of analytic applications.

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers will dedicate to Informatica a team of consultants that will facilitate knowledge transfer and add new analytic application content to Informatica Applications in the areas of electronic customer relationship management (eCRM) and B2B electronic procurement.

    According to Forrester Research, B2B e-business is projected to be a $1.7 trillion market by 2003. This market is expected to expand substantially in the next few years as large corporations capitalize on the tremendous expansion of distribution channels via the Web and realize cost savings attributable to electronic procurement of raw materials and finished goods and services over the Web.

    Upon fulfillment of the agreement terms, the two organizations will have integrated the analytic applications acquired from PricewaterhouseCoopers into Informatica's own suite of e-business analytic applications, making an expanded set of customizable analytic solutions readily available to clients.




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