Ardent DataStage is Just What the Doctor Ordered forCareGroup HealthCare System.

Business Editors, Health/Medical Writers

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000

Ardent DataStage Significantly Reduces Data Integration Challenges

for CareGroup's Provider Service Network

Informix(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:IFMX), the technology leader

in software infrastructure for the i.Economy, today announced that Provider Service Network (PSN), a subsidiary organization of CareGroup HealthCare System, is using Ardent(TM) DataStage(R) to assist partner hospitals and physicians to deliver better care to patients at a reduced cost by integrating the delivery of services and improving efficiency.

CareGroup's PSN joins more than 1,200 industry leaders, including Hertz Lease, InterWorld, and Bizrate.com, in making Ardent DataStage a key component of its business intelligence infrastructure.

"The data management issues surrounding the managed health care industry are particularly challenging," said Elizabeth Pappius, director of CareGroup's Center for Quality and Value. "Before CareGroup's PSN began using Ardent DataStage, we did not have the resources to strategically manage the large amounts and variety of data we were getting every month from our HMOs and effectively study care and costs across hospital, patient and HMO lines. Ardent DataStage has enabled us to successfully and accurately manage data from a variety of sources, helping PSN significantly reduce the data movement process from one month to two days per month and providing a platform for our future growth and success."

PSN is responsible for managing, integrating, and tracking enormous quantities of information, including claims information on services provided and enrollment data to track patient coverage under the contracts with Eastern Massachusetts' three largest HMOs -- Harvard Pilgrim, Blue Cross, and Tufts. To provide CareGroup with the most complete data management capabilities, PSN required a solution that could effectively handle data from disparate sources and provide timely and accurate reporting.

"CareGroup's PSN needed a solution that would enable it to run multiple jobs concurrently, streamlining the data movement process. The flexibility, functionality and performance of Ardent DataStage proved to be the ideal solution to meet the complex data demands of the health care industry," said Mikael Wipperfeld, vice president of marketing, i.Intelligence(TM) business group, Informix. "DataStage provided the necessary tools to build and maintain a powerful data management and data analysis solution for PSN, and will be instrumental in the organization's continued success and growth."

About Ardent DataStage

Ardent DataStage provides the enterprise business intelligence infrastructure for more than 1,200 of the world's leading companies -- enabling them to turn corporate data into competitive advantage. Companies rely on Ardent DataStage's powerful data integration capabilities to extract, transform and integrate enterprise data into their data warehouses, analytical applications, and eBusiness solutions. Ardent DataStage uniquely addresses enterprise-level business intelligence requirements, including: native support for Web-based, mainframe, relational and ERP data; enterprise-wide business intelligence meta data management; integrated data quality assessment and cleansing; and enterprise-class performance and scalability.

About CareGroup

CareGroup HealthCare System is a team of health care professionals who are dedicated to providing the best quality care and services to patients in a highly personalized manner. CareGroup and its members offer a broad spectrum of health services to residents of Eastern Massachusetts, in a variety of settings ranging from world-renowned academic health centers and outstanding community hospitals, to physician offices and community health centers. Learn more about us at www.caregroup.org.

About Informix

Informix Software is the technology leader in software infrastructure solutions for the Internet -- providing a fast, simple and complete way to bring businesses to the Web. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Informix is the first and only company to integrate e-commerce and business intelligence on a true Internet infrastructure. The company's highly scalable Web engines, together with its personalized content management, real-time analytics and media asset management capabilities, offer customers a unique competitive advantage. For more information, contact the nearest sales office or visit the Web site at www.informix.com.

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