Information Builders Presents Customers With Awards of Distinction for Exceptional Business Intelligence and Integration Implementations
Columbus City Schools, Ford, New York Public Library, US TRANSCOM, and TNT Recognized at Annual User Conference
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - June 8, 2009) - Information Builders, an independent leader
in business intelligence (BI)
solutions, and iWay Software, an Information Builders company and an
innovator of enterprise
integration solutions, today announced the winners of the annual Awards
of Distinction for original and innovative use of BI and integration
technology. Information Builders is honoring the winners at its 2009 Summit
User Conference, which highlights successful customer implementations from
around the world along with contributions from leading industry analysts
and pundits.
Featuring more than 100 customer-led sessions addressing relevant business
issues, this year's Information Builders Summit also showcases new products
and features throughout the event.
The honored customers are deploying BI and integration solutions for a
variety of business issues -- from improving patient care to becoming more
efficient organizations. The companies that are receiving awards exemplify
the Summit theme of expanding the scope of business intelligence as these
organizations are continually finding innovative applications for BI and
integration technologies.
"The companies receiving awards have all found new and exciting ways to
leverage Information Builders technology," said Information Builders
Founder and CEO Gerald Cohen. "By identifying new uses for BI and expanding
the number of BI users, these companies are getting the maximum value for
their BI investment. Through BI and integration technology, the award
winners are more productive and are improving decision-making throughout
their organizations."
The following Information Builders customers are being recognized with
Awards of Distinction:
-- Best Enterprise BI Application - Ford
While the automotive industry is facing tough challenges, Ford Motor
Company found a way to save money through BI. With Information Builders'
Web-based reporting system deployed across 9,000 dealerships, dealers
can compare their performance on warranty costs with peers. The system
enables dealers to identify anomalies and isolate problems, saving Ford $40
to $60 million per year in covered warranty expenses.
-- Most Innovative BI Implementation - New York Public Library
The library created a BI system called Metrics On Demand (MOD) that allows
employees to effectively track visitor traffic, borrowing habits, and other
key metrics. This information helps library personnel make judicious
decisions about which library resources and services are most important to
the general public. These capabilities have become extremely important in
the face of recent budget cuts. The library faces budget reductions from
both public and private sources, which means managers need to make tough,
strategic choices about where money is spent. Personnel at 91 locations use
MOD to analyze many facets of the library operation, helping personnel
track traffic patterns, use of materials, and inventory to preserve the
services people care about most. The dashboard-driven environment empowers hundreds of employees to
share information and create customized reports.
-- Most Humanitarian Use of BI - Nationwide Insurance and Columbus City
Schools
Columbus City Schools is bringing greater insight and accountability to the
education of more than 55,000 students at 130 schools in central Ohio.
Nationwide Insurance, which is headquartered in Columbus, developed a tool
with the school district using BI technology that helps administrators
analyze student data. The resulting environment connects 4,000 teachers and
administrators to student assessment data, attendance data, and discipline
data with the overall goal of improving student achievement.
-- Best Use of BI in the Public Sector - US TRANSCOM
A critical function of the United States Transportation Command (US
TRANSCOM) is patient evacuation, a complex, logistical challenge where
speed is essential. BI technology is helping US TRANSCOM devise optimal
patient-movement plans based on urgent medical needs, available facilities,
in-transit visibility, and enterprise-wide cost and performance analytics.
Thanks to an operational BI system, the military's evacuation and patient
movement activities in places like Iraq and Afghanistan are more efficient
-- boosting overall patient care.
-- Best Use of iWay Software - TNT
TNT meets the mail and express delivery needs of customers worldwide. With
high volumes of data in multiple locations, in a variety of languages, and
on several platforms, the company brought in iWay integration solutions to
help. Integrating with legacy systems, iWay's service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions allow
business units to access the data they need, when they need it for improved
decision-making.
Information Builders will host a
Webcast for press and analysts from the Nashville-based annual user
conference. This live, online event will showcase the expanding use of BI
and new WebFOCUS and iWay product highlights. The Webcast will take place
June 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM CDT (8:00 AM PDT, 11:00 AM EDT, 16:00 GMT, 17:00
CET). Press and analysts can
register for the Webcast at
www.informationbuilders.com/events/seminars/SUMWEB09.html.
About iWay Software
iWay Software's integration methodology is simple: it uses a single,
integrated set of graphical design tools to assemble powerful pre-built
components for enterprise-class business-to-business (B2B) integration,
business process automation (BPA), or enterprise information management
(EIM) integration scenarios -- without the use of custom code. Integration
configurations can be deployed in a stand-alone manner to any environment
supporting a JVM -- or to Web application servers from any vendor. iWay
delivers the fastest, most cost-effective, and simplest way to integrate
and streamline critical business processes. iWay Software's vendor-,
platform-, and protocol-neutral solutions achieve the promise of SOA: true
reusability. For more information visit: http://www.iwaysoftware.com
About Information Builders
Information Builders' award-winning combination of business intelligence
and enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions
to more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is the
world's most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides
the security, scalability and flexibility needed at every level of global
extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical,
and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users.
Information Builders' iWay Software suite provides state of the art,
multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data and information management
requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading
software platform providers. Together, these products give Information
Builders' customers the ability to grow and innovate according to their
needs.
Information Builders' customers include most of the Fortune 100 and U.S.
federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices
worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business
partners. More information is available at
http://www.informationbuilders.com.