Awards & Honors

2004

	Society of Technical Communication (STC) – 2004 ITPC Excellence Award – Introduction to WebFOCUS STC's International Technical Publications Competition (ITPC) awards quality in communication through printed media. Information Builders' Introduction to WebFOCUS received the Excellence Award for its technical writing and instructional content, as well as the Merit Award for design. Also honored with Merit Awards in this year's competition were Developer Studio Application Development: Getting Started and Developing WebFOCUS Maintain Applications.
	Information Builders Named to the "Intelligent Enterprise Dozen" for 2004 Intelligent Enterprise proclaimed Information Builders one of the twelve most influential companies enabling the intelligent enterprise, for offering customers "well-timed technology evolution and declining total cost of ownership."
	KMWorld Top 100 Companies – Second Consecutive Year Information Builders has been named as one of the 100 companies that matter in knowledge management by KMWorld magazine for the second year in a row. According to the publishers of KMWorld, "Through a strong commitment to solving customer business problems with leading-edge business intelligence, reporting, and integration options, Information Builders' technology exemplifies our list's key criteria: velocity of innovation." KMWorld is the leading information provider serving the knowledge, document, and content management systems market, informing more than 56,000 subscribers about the components and processes, and subsequent success stories, that together offer solutions for improving business performance.
	Computerworld Honors Award - Four Customers Accepted for Outstanding IT Achievement, 2004 In 2004, these customer applications were accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution for their innovative uses of technology: Holland America – By transmitting passenger spending transactions over satellite connections and consolidating this information with WebFOCUS management now has near-real time visibility into total passenger revenues while the ships are still at sea Moneris Solutions – Half a million merchants enjoy instant online access to daily and monthly reports on credit card transactions plus the ability to download transaction data directly into their own management systems, enhancing their competitive effectiveness Netherlands Home Office – An innovative Internet layer delivers financial information from an array of mission-critical legacy applications in a form useful to non-financial users, avoiding the cost and risk of reimplementing from scratch State of Missouri – Integration of disparate child support databases gives caseworkers access to complete child histories on demand, allowing them to tailor service to the unique and documented needs of each child
	Baseline Magazine/Nucleus Research ROI Awards The Baseline Magazine/Nucleus Research ROI Awards were created in 2003 to recognize the accomplishments of companies that have achieved outstanding bottom-line business results from their technology investments. Alcan Corporation, which used integration technology from iWay Software to integrate a host of disparate systems supporting manufacturing, supply chain, financial and logistics, won in the Integration category for its 1,026 percent ROI.
	Information Builders Awards 2004 Each year, we recognize select customers for exceptional applications in categories such as "highest return on investment," and "most innovative use of Information Builders technology." Lockheed Martin – Most Scalable Lockheed Martin revolutionized the process of delivering information and data to their employees by using WebFOCUS to streamline the company's reporting process. In one year, the number of users on the system has increased from 200 to 6,000. Now more than 7,000 unique reports are delivered per month, providing the opportunity to support an ever-increasing number of users, enabling employees to streamline activities across departments. TELUS – Highest ROI TELUS is the second-largest telecommunications company in Canada, with more than $7 billion of annual revenue and 3.4 million wireless subscribers. Using WebFOCUS, TELUS built a scorecard application that gathers and measures data from 3,000 field personnel for 100 business managers, driving regional productivity gains of $1 to $2 million per month. State of Louisiana Department of Social Services – Most Innovative Use of Technology WebFOCUS has enabled this state agency to more accurately view trends and patterns in food stamp benefit transaction, making illegal activity easier to detect, while simplifying the IT structure and minimizing efforts by processing personnel. As a result, the agency is able to drastically improve the program's success by allocating assistance to families who truly need this help.
	ADT Magazine's 2004 Innovators Application Development Trends has awarded Innovator Awards to IT development organizations that have undertaken risky projects utilizing innovative technologies and/or processes aimed at solving a pressing business problem. Alcan Corporation, which collaborated with iWay Software in developing a strategy to integrate its business operations and streamline multiple e-business development objectives to lower costs and position the company for future growth, was awarded the Honorable Mention in the Middleware and Application Integration category for its innovative approach to information technology.
	Business Integration Journal's Integration Vendor of the Year Business Integration Journal has named iWay Software an Integration Vendor of the year. The Business Integration Awards recognize excellence in business process management, application integration, and Web-services solutions. Judged by an independent panel of top industry analysts and experts, the awards program is seen as an industry barometer of products and solutions that demonstrate innovation, maturity, and market impact within the highly competitive business integration space.
	Computerworld's "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" Award The State of Louisiana Department of Social Services (DSS), an Information Builders customer, has been recognized by Business Intelligence Perspectives – a new conference owned by Computerworld – as one of the winners of the "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" awards program. The award honors organizations that have applied exemplary business intelligence solutions to provide strategic advantage to their enterprise.
	2004 InfoWorld 100 The InfoWorld 100 recognizes the most innovative corporate IT solutions across a range of vertical markets. Holland America Line – Their innovative use of Web-based reporting helped improve customer satisfaction and stimulate revenue growth TELUS Corp. – Their use of business intelligence technology maximized productivity amidst various corporate acquisitions

2003

	Computerworld Honors Award – Five Customers Accepted for Outstanding IT Achievement, 2003 In 2003, these customer applications were accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution for their innovative uses of technology: Beringer Blass Wine Estates, a leader in the premium wine industry, looked to WebFOCUS for the necessary BI to enhance its competitiveness by making critical business data and industry analysis readily available to employees via a corporate portal. This includes key remote sales agents who benefit from unlimited access anytime, anywhere. New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene uses portions of iWay Software's Bioterrorism Response Suite application in its Syndromic Surveillance System, an important business intelligence and data-mining tool that solves lengthy data collection problems. Local healthcare institutions submit symptom data into the system, which conforms this information into a common format. Temporal-spatial analyses are then performed based upon probability modeling, which allows the department to watch for trends that indicate an elevated level of a syndrome, or defined set of symptoms is occurring in specific neighborhoods. This information may then be used to increase active surveillance of disease in a community, or to notify the medical provider community to be on the alert for particular diseases. RBC Financial Group uses WebFOCUS for its innovative Bankbook Reconstruct application, completely automating the once manual process of printing bank statements and bankbook reconstructs. As a result, employees save a tremendous amount of time while the financial institution saves millions of dollars. This intranet application enables personnel to instantly reconstruct bank statements containing up to six years of transaction history for their 12 million personal banking clients. Trustmark, a major health insurance and benefits-administration company, used HIPAA as the catalyst to build a flexible integration platform incorporating iWay Software's XML Transformation Engine and adapters. This initiative provides value in an ever-increasing e-business environment while being compatible with new government regulations. The system takes HIPAA-standard transactions and processes them based on the specific need. United States Department of Justice and its finance staff use WebFOCUS to improve reporting on human-capital assets and costs by streamlining access to HR and payroll information. The Human Resource Systems Analysis Group implemented a secure, Web-based, self-service reporting application providing department-wide access to personnel and payroll information to a variety of users.
	KM World Top 100 Companies Information Builders has been named one of the 100 Companies That Matter by KMWorld. According to the publishers of KMWorld, criteria for inclusion varied, but all companies have things in common. Each has either helped to create, redefine, or enhance a market, and they all share one thing: velocity of innovation. The leading information provider serving the knowledge management systems market, KMWorld informs more than 56,000 subscribers about the components and processes – and subsequent success stories – that together offer solutions for improving business performance.
	Network Computing Well-Connected Award – Business Intelligence Solutions Finalist WebFOCUS was named one of three finalists for a 2003 Well-Connected Award in the category of Business Intelligence Solutions from Network Computing magazine. WebFOCUS was chosen for its features designed to leverage Web technology, wide-scale information delivery capabilities, and rapid return on investment (ROI).
	Federal 100 Award The U.S. Department of Justice and Melinda Morgan, deputy director of the DoJ's Human Resource Systems Analysis Group, join a select group of recipients who were recognized for making a significant contribution to federal information technology during the 2002 calendar year. The award was for the DoJ's Human Capital Project, which was designed to meet a presidential mandate for human-capital management. Nominated by Federal Computer Week readers, the winners were selected by a panel of independent judges based on the success of the development, acquisition, or management of federal information technology.
	Information Builders Named Intelligent Enterprise Company to Watch for 2003 Intelligent Enterprise named Information Builders among its Companies to Watch for the second consecutive year, citing the company's "experience in creating large-scale information transparency" as a key factor.
	Information Builders Awards 2003 Each year we recognize select customers for exceptional applications in categories such as "highest return on investment," and "most innovative use of Information Builders technology." A Major U.S. Bank – Most Scalable Using WebFOCUS, the bank is able to perform impromptu searches to analyze eminent spending patterns and trends and provide more than 500,000 corporate credit card customers with direct, real-time access to detailed account information. City of Philadelphia – Most Innovative Use of Technology Philadelphia used WebFOCUS to build a Homeless Outreach Application, which the city uses to track its homeless population and monitor their last point of contact as well as shelter placement. In addition to the Homeless Outreach Application, Philadelphia implemented WebFOCUS to develop an Early Intervention Interruptions Application. This application ensures that young children with developmental disabilities are covered with medical plans by the state. The agencies use WebFOCUS and Maintain to track the services provided by the city.
	DM Review World Class Solution Award RBC Financial Group and Information Builders were selected by industry-expert judges as finalists in the Business Intelligence category. The RBC Financial Group implementation was chosen over more than 100 entries based on its impact, relevance, and innovation.
	iWay Software's Security Exchange 1.0 Named Finalist in eWeek Excellence Award, 2003 iWay Software's Security Exchange 1.0 was named a finalist in the eWeek Excellence Award (2003) for application and Web services development. iWay Security Exchange 1.0 combines iWay and IBM tools that offer both "push" and "pull" information access and delivery across organizational boundaries.

2002

	Intelligent Enterprise's Companies to Watch Intelligent Enterprise Magazine has named Information Builders a Company to Watch in 2002. Information Builders received the honor for providing IT products that help organizations achieve competitive advantage by gathering, analyzing, sharing, and acting upon intelligence. IT and business leaders will increasingly rely on the company to make their organizations smarter, faster, and more profitable.
	Boeing Gold Performance Rating The Boeing Company has awarded Information Builders a coveted Gold performance rating for quality and delivery of software products. This rating is accorded vendors who can meet Boeing's stringent criteria – a success rate and satisfaction level of no less than 100% – for a minimum of one year. Information Builders products are used by Boeing for its work at the Kennedy Space Center.
	KMWorld Best Practice Award Administaff, a respected leader in the professional employer organization (PEO) industry, has received the KMWorld Best Practice Award. The award is presented by KMWorld Magazine to companies that have made significant contributions within their organizations through the use of knowledge management and business intelligence.
	Computerworld Honors Award – Six Customers Accepted for Outstanding IT Achievement, 2002 In 2002, these customer applications were accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution for their innovative uses of technology. ArvinMeritor ArvinMeritor, a $7 billion global supplier of integrated systems, modules, and components for the motor vehicle industry, developed a flexible, intuitive Web environment for a wide range of reporting needs, including accounting and financial reports, task forecasting, customer service, end-of-month billing, quality control, shipping, engineering, and purchasing. Geronimo Geronimo an employee relations service, has succeeded in developing an innovative and highly flexible payroll system. The system is based on an intelligent workbench supporting increased flexibility and individualization of employee benefits by enabling payroll specialists to define payroll and benefits regulations. This has allowed Geronimo many benefits, including excellent application performance, time savings, complete scalability, and shorter application maintenance cycles. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) utilizes WebFOCUS for its innovative BureauNet Project for the Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration (FIMA) and National Flood Insurance Program Bureau (NFIP). The solution, implemented by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), revolutionized the way information is delivered to disaster responders through a Web-based system powered by Information Builders' technology. CSX Transportation CSX Transportation, the largest railroad in the eastern United States, consolidates their disparate signal-trouble ticket systems into one Web-based system. This has led to an enhanced ability to more effectively respond to signal incidents, thereby enhancing railroad operations and safety. Caja Espana Caja Espana, one of Spain's leading financial institutions, devised the Commercial Information System (CIS) project, to meet customer demands and improve its relationship with the most profitable customer segments. BMO Bank of Montreal Bank of Montreal, Canada's first bank and one of the largest financial institutions in North America, created WebMPM. This electronic reporting system gives the bank's finance staff information at their fingertips. Users are able to drill down and produce consistent, accurate reports in a matter of minutes.
	Information Builders Awards 2002 Each year, we recognize select customers for exceptional applications, in categories such as "highest return on investment," and "most innovative use of Information Builders technology." Moneris Solutions – Most Scalable Moneris Solutions, Canada's leading technology merchant processing company, has rolled out Canada's first Internet-based online transaction and analysis reporting service for merchants – to over 300,000 merchants. The system offers daily Visa, MasterCard, and debit card transaction report information. It also streamlines cash flow and consolidated statements. Moneris plans to provide this application to U.S. merchants. RBC Financial Group – Highest ROI RBC Financial Group has automated the process of bank statement reprints and bankbook reconstructs, saving the bank millions of dollars per year and creating a more profitable revenue channel. Return on investment equaled 1,218 percent. Management Information Solutions/MSD Wayne Township – Most Innovative Use of Technology MSD Wayne Township, one of Indiana's 10 largest public school districts, has integrated all the district's systems so student achievement can be effectively measured. As a result, student achievement has grown, the staff has become more effective, and the school and community have gained recognition, creating even more opportunities.
	VarBusiness 500 – Best Solution Provider for 2002 Information Builders was included as one of the 500 leading solution providers in North America for the second consecutive year, generating nearly $280 million in 2001 fiscal sales.
	British Columbia Technology Industry Association Award for Best Application of Web Technology The City of Richmond, B.C., which uses WebFOCUS to keep the low-lying city from sinking into the Fraser River, received the Best Application of Web Technology award from the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA). The award recognizes outstanding utilization of Internet technology to enhance and improve business processes, operations, sales, marketing, supply chain management, customer service, communications, competitiveness, or business relationships.
	Software Business – Best Security Initiative, iWay Software Software Business named iWay Software's Security Exchange solution, Best Security Initiative. The Security Exchange cost-effectively enables the exchange of information with little to no impact on existing information assets.
	2002 Infoworld 100 The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene worked with Information Builders and iWay Software to develop the Bioterrorism Response Suite allowing the city's 32 hospitals, the 911 emergency system, laboratories, pharmacies, emergency workers, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to quickly share information and monitor outbreaks of disease.

2001

	Information Builders Awards 2001 Each year, we recognize select customers for exceptional applications, in categories such as "highest return on investment," and "most inovative use of Information Builders technology." Philips Semiconductor, Inc. – Fastest Time to Market For the business forecasting phase of its CLASS (SAP) Project reporting application, allowing all users in the company to use one ERP system. CN Rail – Highest ROI For its Chargeable Services application that provides timely information to manage business, improve billing collection, and identify missed opportunities to grow CN Rail's Chargeable Services revenues. City of Richmond, British Columbia – Most Innovative Use of Technology For the Mobile Monitoring for Municipalities application that allows the city's Engineering and Public Works Department to respond to alerts, monitor trends, track pump status, etc. via their wireless devices and keeps the low-lying city from sinking.
	WebFOCUS Named Finalist in eWeek eXcellence Award, 2001 Information Builders' WebFOCUS was named a finalist in the eWeek Excellence Award, 2001, for enterprise systems development.
	VarBusiness 500 – Best Solution Provider for 2001 Information Builders was included as one of the 500 leading solution providers in North America, generating nearly $280 million in fiscal 2000 sales.
	Computerworld Honors Award – Six Customers Accepted for Outstanding IT Achievement, 2001 In 2001, these customer applications were accepted into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution, contributing to the museum's efforts to chronicle the information age: Dogmatch Dogmatch, a national dog-adoption database, used WebFOCUS to build its Web-based system, matching dogs in shelters with potential owners by personal preferences and geographic locations. Oxford Properties' OASIS Oxford Properties' OASIS (Oxford's Advanced Strategic Information Source) system is a Web-enabled intelligence and information delivery system for analysis and reporting powered by WebFOCUS. OASIS allows executives, employees, partners, and clients to better manage their real estate properties with detailed or consolidated financial, lease, and occupancy information and statistics. The United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania The United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania installed a WebFOCUS system to automate the tracking and capture of financial donations made over the Internet, resulting in an elimination of all paperwork, reduced costs, and an improved collections process. USPS The United States Postal Service's Anti-Money Laundering solution, powered by WebFOCUS, instituted reporting and analysis tools to track suspicious money orders and locate patterns that may indicate money-laundering activities. Read the fact sheet (PDF) Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Von Roll Group Von Roll Group created a WebFOCUS-based financial consolidation and reporting system for large corporations that provided flexibility and facilitated decentralized data capture, product line organization, and high-speed and English-translated reporting. CECA CECA, the savings bank association of Spain, used a WebFOCUS-based application to allow customers easier use of their business banking cards. The system enabled companies to group, sort, and filter charged expenses, resulting in better analysis of company expenditures.
	eSolutions Award to Information Builders and Penn State Police, 2001 The Pennsylvania State Police were honored with a Process Innovation Award in the Government Vertical category for its Web site application. The Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System (PAUCRS), built using WebFOCUS technology, delivers crime statistics and information to the public.
	GCN Federal Government Agency Award for Excellence for USPS, 2001 The United States Postal Service (USPS), an Information Builders' customer, was awarded the Government Computer News (GCN) Federal Government Agency Award for Excellence for its Anti-Money Laundering Compliance System. The USPS was one of 10 government agencies honored for their outstanding record in the application of information technology. Read the fact sheet (PDF) Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
	Mayor's Award for Excellence, 2001 New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani recognized Gerald D. Cohen for his quarter-century commitment to the New York and global technology marketplace. He was one of six recipients of the coveted Mayor's Award for Excellence, the honor given annually to recognize special members of, and contributions to, New York's science and technology community
	DM Review Top 100 for Four Consecutive Years, 2001 Information Builders was named one of the top business intelligence vendors in DM Review's 2001 Top 100. For four consecutive years, Information Builders has achieved this prestigious recognition based on a product usage/vendor rating survey in the e-business, customer relationship management, and data warehousing sectors, from DM Review's readers.
	Enterprise Systems 100 Most Powerful People in IT, 2001 Information Builders' president and cofounder Gerald Cohen was named the 27th most powerful person in IT by Enterprise Systems. The list of 100 was made up of technology leaders who have affected the IT landscape or have the power to greatly affect it going forward.
	ComputerworldROI 25 Wireless Innovators Award The ComputerworldROI's list of the top 25 Wireless Innovators included Edward Hung of the city of Richmond, British Columbia for his work in monitoring flood levels on the Web and through handheld devices using WebFOCUS.
	CMP RealWare Award – Best Mobile Business Intelligence Solution, 2001 Information Builders and its customer, the city of Richmond, British Columbia, are joint recipients of the Mobile/Wireless Business Intelligence Merit Award from CMP Media's RealWare Awards program. The RealWare Awards recognize outstanding customer implementations demonstrating innovative IT solutions. Information Builders' WebFOCUS and AvantGo solutions allowed the city of Richmond to more effectively monitor flood levels and provide valuable trend information, analysis, and reports wirelessly to people in the field.
	PostNewsweek Agency Award for Excellence The United States Department of Agriculture was awarded the prestigious PostNewsweek Agency Award for Excellence for its Mapping Analysis Program (MAP). This sophisticated analysis, management, and reporting system utilizes Information Builders technology to help the agency better monitor program performance and target tax dollars where they are needed most.
	International Corporate Award Information Builders is the proud recipient of the 2001 International Corporate Award, an honor bestowed on companies that exhibit substantial global growth and support of international business endeavors. The award is given by the Manhattan International Development Corporation (MIDC) for Information Builders' role in changing the landscape of technology commerce.

2000

	Crain's New York Business Top Tech 100, 1999 Crain's New York Business ranked Information Builders the number one privately-held NY technology firm in their The Private 200-1999 New York Area's Top Private Companies. (#87 overall)
	Government Technology Leadership Award - USDA, 2000 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an Information Builders' customer, was awarded the Government Technology Leadership Award for its Domestic Electronic Bid Entry System (DEBES). DEBES, powered by WebFOCUS, was developed to automate the process of soliciting and receiving bids for the support of the domestic distribution of food assistance.