Informatica^® (NYSE:INFA), an enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced that CEO, Amit Walia, has been recognized as the top Cloud Executive in the 2022 Stratus Awards for Cloud Computing.

The Business Intelligence Group seeks out and rewards those with vision, creativity, and persistence, all hallmarks found in the world’s leading companies and individuals across the globe. Its annual Stratus Awards for Cloud Computing celebrates the companies, products, and people offering unique solutions that leverage cloud technologies and the executives leading organizations to higher results in the cloud.

Walia has led Informatica in a return to the stock market in 2021, with a cloud-first, cloud-native transformation. Informatica took an innovation-led approach to build a comprehensive cloud-native data management platform called the Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) and developed new products to solve a growing set of data management challenges. Launched in April of 2021 and recognized as New Product of the Year in the 2021 Stratus Awards for Cloud Computing, the IDMC has seen steady growth in adoption, processing 38.5 trillion cloud transactions per month as of June 2022, up 77% from the same time last year.

“Informatica is at the forefront of the cloud, helping to drive practical innovations in the cloud,” said Maria Jimenez, Chief Nominations Officer of Business Intelligence Group. “The cloud is now part of the fabric of society, and we are thrilled that our volunteer judges were able to help promote all of these innovative services, organizations, and executives.”

“Many organizations have moved to the cloud in a bid to succeed in today’s digital economy. However, it’s those that shift towards being an intelligent data enterprise—an organization focused on data-driven business outcomes to drive customer centricity, leveraging AI-powered analytics and hyper-automation to innovate faster – that will reap the true power of the cloud and secure that competitive edge,” said Amit Walia, CEO, Informatica. “This award is recognition of the efforts of all Informaticans, and I’m proud to lead the next phase of our growth with a world-class team that continues to innovate, think customer first, and aspire to find new ways to accelerate our customers’ data-driven transformations.”

About Informatica

Informatica (NYSE:INFA), an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader, empowers businesses to realize the transformative power of data. We have pioneered a new category of software, the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud™(IDMC), powered by AI and a cloud-first, cloud-native, end-to-end data management platform that connects, manages, and unifies data across any multi-cloud, hybrid system, empowering enterprises to modernize and advance their data strategies. Over 5,000 customers in more than 100 countries and 85 of the Fortune 100 rely on Informatica to drive data-led digital transformation. Learn more at informatica.com.

About Business Intelligence Group

The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world. Unlike other industry and business award programs, business executives—those with experience and knowledge—judge the programs. The organization’s proprietary and unique scoring system selectively measures performance across multiple business domains and then rewards those companies whose achievements stand above those of their peers.

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