Data Advantage Group Announces Partnership with Informatica to Integrate MetaCenter with PowerCenter and PowerMart.

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001

Partnership Creates Seamless Integration to Extend the

Existing Functionality of Informatica(R) Product Line

Data Advantage Group, Inc. today announced a joint partnership with Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), leading software vendors in DSS solutions, to enhance data warehousing and business intelligence projects that use Informatica's PowerCenter(R) and/or PowerMart(R) data-integration platform as the backbone.

Informatica's platform, combined with Data Advantage Group's MetaCenter(TM), enables companies to manage their DSS solutions more efficiently.

MetaCenter(TM) is a metadata management platform that enables companies to capture, manage, analyze, and use metadata to streamline the design, development, testing, and deployment of business intelligence solutions. Businesses can extend the metadata capabilities of the Informatica product line by capturing all of the required information to help develop, run, maintain, and analyze DSS projects. MetaCenter's integration with Informatica allows companies to:

-- Custom extend Informatica metadata repositories

-- Browse the extended and base Informatica metadata over the web

-- Run over 20 pre-defined metadata reports

-- Compare and report on repository differences to assist in the migration
process

"Data Warehouse developers now have the best of both worlds when developing and implementing DSS solutions. They can leverage Informatica's data-integration suite to quickly and efficiently build solutions while fully capturing all of the metadata they require for their business users as well as operations and development groups," said Greg Blumstein, President and CEO of Data Advantage Group. "The overwhelming response to the product at the Informatique 2000 annual Informatica user conference underscores the need for a metadata repository platform that integrates with Informatica."

To learn more about Data Advantage Group, or to download a demo and white papers on MetaCenter(TM), visit www.dataag.com.

About Data Advantage Group, Inc.

Data Advantage Group provides business intelligence and data warehousing products and services that enable companies to design, develop, and maintain their DSS solutions. Data Advantage Group's clients include: Arrow Electronics, Bell Atlantic, General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Kana Communications, and Liberty Mutual. For more information, call 415/469-4300, or visit Data Advantage Group's Web site at www.dataag.com.

Note to Editors: Data Advantage Group and MetaCenter are trademarks of Data Advantage Group, Inc. Informatica, PowerCenter, and PowerMart are trademarks or registered trademarks of Informatica Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.