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Information Builders Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Latest Business Intelligence Platform Magic Quadrant
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - February 3, 2010) - Information Builders, the independent leader
in operational business intelligence (BI) systems,
today announced that Gartner has placed the company in the Leaders Quadrant
of the "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms."(1)
Gartner defines leaders as those that are reasonably strong in the breadth
and depth of their BI platform capabilities and can deliver on
enterprisewide implementations that support a broad BI strategy. Leaders
articulate a business proposition that resonates with buyers, supported by
the viability and operational capability to deliver on a global basis.
"We believe Gartner's evaluation confirms our ability to deliver innovative
solutions to our customers that are accessible to employees at any level of
the organization," said Gerald Cohen, CEO and president, Information
Builders. "Time and again, given WebFOCUS' integration with our iWay
platform, Information Builders is chosen for its superior data access and
integration capabilities."
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with
permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a
marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's
analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that
marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor,
product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise
technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders"
quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is
not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all
warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including
any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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. Information Builders also offers solutions in
the performance management, business
activity monitoring, and
enterprise search markets. The company's comprehensive enterprise
product offerings 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 informationbuilders.com.
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(1) Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, by R.
Sallam, B. Hostmann, J. Richardson, A. Bitterer, January 29, 2010