-- Best Production BI Application - Utz Quality Foods
Utz coordinates the sales and production of more than 20,000 pounds of
potato chips every hour, and manages more than 700 delivery routes to
30,000 stores. Timing is crucial, which is why Utz uses BI technology
to coordinate the timing among its production, marketing, sales, and
distribution operations. WebFOCUS is at the heart of a system that
allows managers to quickly gather and analyze current sales and
distribution information. The BI environment delivers daily sales
breakdowns in a form that is easy for busy salespeople to digest. This
information helps them manage their routes and improves visibility
throughout the supply chain, positioning Utz as a leader in its market.
-- Most Innovative BI Implementation - City of Houston Police Department
BI technology is making steady inroads into law enforcement, as
government agencies discover the power of intelligence-driven policing.
The Houston Crime Center is using technology from Information Builders
and ESRI to create a dynamic geographic information system (GIS) that
maps crime patterns and predicts the likelihood of crime activity
throughout the city. The BI environment has led to quicker arrests and
more thorough criminal investigations.
-- Best New Enterprise BI - Ace Hardware
With more than 4,600 stores throughout the U.S., Ace continues to
expand and adopt more advanced information technology. IT leaders
realized they could improve corporate efficiency by standardizing on
one comprehensive BI environment. Ace selected WebFOCUS as its
enterprise-reporting standard for its ability to create cohesive, user-
friendly reports that scale to thousands of users. Ace estimates more
than 2,000 users will be running or writing WebFOCUS reports on a daily
basis.
-- Best Use of iWay Software - BT
Recently, the telecom giant sought to eliminate inefficiencies and
costs associated with cross-border trade settlements by providing
communications for Euroclear's Common Communications Interface. BT
asked iWay Software for help creating a secure messaging gateway that
enables straight-through processing over standard business protocols.
BT's Managed Secure Messaging used iWay's SOA Middleware Platform to
deliver a reliable messaging service that features complete security,
guaranteed delivery, non-repudiation, auditing, encryption, and
integrated access controls.
-- Customer Lifetime Award - JCPenney
The well known retailer has partnered with Information Builders since
February 1978 and 30 years later, store associates across the country
continue to rely on its BI technology. JCPenney utilized the FOCUS
product during the 1980s and early 1990s as the primary means for
reporting merchandising sales and profits. In 2000 the retailer
implemented WebFOCUS, continuing its investment in Information
Builders' innovative solutions. Today, JCPenney remains a loyal
customer with the implementation of a new application to help monitor
its day-to-day store operations.
About Information Builders
As a leading independent business intelligence (BI) company for the past 30
years, Information Builders has provided innovative solutions to more than
12,000 customers, including most of the Fortune 100 and numerous U.S.
federal government agencies. The company's flagship WebFOCUS product is the
world's most widely used BI platform. Superior architecture and intuitive
nature enables WebFOCUS to address the needs of everyone in the extended
global enterprise -- executive, analytical, operational, and beyond. It
provides the agility to adapt to changing business conditions with the
security, scalability, and flexibility to support dozens to millions of
users.
Unique to the company is the integration expertise it brings to the BI
market. Information Builders iWay Software suite solves complex integration
problems with pre-built components that require minimal custom programming.
The award-winning combination of WebFOCUS and iWay give Information
Builders customers the ability to embrace the company motto: "Because
Everyone Makes Decisions."
Information Builders is committed to customer service excellence with a
Professional Services division that specializes in building custom
applications using WebFOCUS and iWay Software. Headquartered in New York
City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has
more than 350 business partners. Visit http://www.informationbuilders.com.
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