Affecto Oyj : Receives 2017 Informatica Global Outstanding Partner of the Year Award

Recognized for Superior Performance and Helping Customers Become Data-Driven Disruptors

Oslo, Norway, January 31^st 2018 - Affecto, now part of CGI, today announced that the company was named by Informatica ®, the enterprise cloud data management leader, as a winner of the 2017 Informatica Partner of the Year Awards. Specifically, Affecto won the Global Outstanding Partner of the Year award. Affecto received this prestigious honor during a reception at Informatica's 2018 Partner Kickoff in Las Vegas on January 17^th.

'Our 2017 Partner of the Year honorees have all showcased extraordinary performance and success in working closely with new and existing customers to support them with their data-driven digital transformations,' said Richard Ganley, senior vice president, Digital Transformation Solutions, Informatica. 'Due to the company's commitment to excellence, high standard of delivery and proven track record, we are proud to name Affecto an Informatica Partner of the Year.'

'This prestigious honor recognizes our success as a key contributor to Informatica's growth in the Nordic market and our ability to enable our mutual customers to get more insights faster from their data. We look forward to continuing to drive and position new technologies and innovations from the Informatica product portfolio to support our customers' digital transformation efforts in the years to come,' said Erik G. Andreassen, director, Partners & Software Business, Affecto, now a part of CGI.

Some of the contributing factors to why Affecto was selected as a winner:

• Key contributor to Informatica´s growth and success in the Nordic Market
  • Consistent delivery over many years, and significant license revenue growth in 2017
• Showing strong initiative to support Nordic organizations in their compliance with GDPR
• Further developed Affecto's MDM business with substantial deals as a result of close cooperation between teams of specialists across the Nordic countries
• As an Informatica Partner for 20 years, Affecto has developed 200+ customers in the Nordic market

The 2017 Informatica Partner of the Year Awards honor Informatica partners that have excelled and consistently exceeded criteria set within the Informatica Partner Program. Winners were selected based on the following criteria: performance, investment in skills, marketing campaign execution, revenue achievement, value add and new customers obtained.

About Affecto (now part of CGI)
Affecto is a Northern European full-stack data house with expertise in data intensive technologies. Their expertise ranges from enterprise information management to artificial intelligence. Affecto creates business value for its customers by helping them become data driven, thus transforming their businesses. Affecto has long term, committed customer relationships with a large number of essential Northern European companies as well as public institutions. Affecto has a local presence with 18 offices forming a powerful grid, and is a unique home for its 1000+ employees.

Contact
For questions and further inquiries, please contact:
Erik G Andreassen, director Partners & Software Business, Affecto/CGI
erik.andreassen@affecto.com

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