Alliance Brings Together Leading Companies in SaaS Consulting and Data Integration

NEW YORK--OKERE, a management and technology consulting firm for on-demand business applications, today announced it has joined Informatica’s (NASDAQ: INFA) Service Provider Partner Program. With the alliance, OKERE is investing in the expansion of its software-as-a-service (SaaS) consulting practice to offer complete data management capabilities for this exploding market. Together OKERE and Informatica, a leader in data integration, will help enterprise companies realize the broader value of SaaS applications with fully integrated solutions.

As the leading systems integrator focused on deploying SaaS business solutions, OKERE has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies to integrate data between enterprise applications, such as those from salesforce.com, SAP and Siebel. As part of the alliance with Informatica, OKERE consultants will be trained and certified to implement Informatica’s PowerCenter Connect for salesforce.com, which allows companies to easily migrate, cleanse, replicate and synchronize data between Salesforce and on-premise systems.

“The aggregation and cleansing of data, and delivering it in context to the end user remains a major challenge of many projects today. We are excited about Informatica’s SaaS offerings and the tangible business benefits that our clients can realize,” said John Orrock, president and CEO at OKERE. “Our partnership with Informatica will enable us to offer our clients a simplified data integration process that reduces the overall project life cycle and provides greater long-term benefits.”

“This partnership is another example of our commitment to provide data integration excellence to the growing SaaS market,” said Ron Papas, senior vice president of business development at Informatica. “OKERE is a leader in the SaaS market and has proven experience with complex enterprise deployments. We are excited about the opportunities between our two companies and the benefits our partnership will offer our joint customers.”

About Informatica

Informatica Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software and services. With Informatica, companies can gain greater business value by integrating all their information assets from across the enterprise. More than 2,600 companies worldwide rely on Informatica to reduce the cost and expedite the time to address data integration needs of any complexity and scale.

About OKERE

OKERE is a management and technology consulting firm that focuses on software-as-a-service. With extensive experience in CRM, data management, integration and user enablement, OKERE’s innovative approach enables clients to maximize the value of their technology investment for faster return and greater long-term benefits. OKERE delivers comprehensive, industry-specific solutions for leading companies such as Merrill Lynch, Symbol Technologies and TD Ameritrade. OKERE is a privately-held company, headquartered in New York with additional offices in Europe and Asia. For more information, call 1.888.44.OKERE (in the U.S.) or visit www.okere.com.