Information Builders Magazine Fall 2003 Volume 14 No. 2 The following articles are also available in PDF format. Download the Acrobat Reader now to access the PDF version.
Departments From the Editor In the News Education iWay News Briefs At Deadline

Cover Story

	New Reporting Architecture Sparks Millions in Savings at WESCO Distribution To lend cohesion to its diverse international operation, WESCO’s John Conte and his team created a centralized reporting framework that is transforming decision-making activities and saving millions in operating costs for this $3.7 billion international distributor of electrical and industrial equipment.

View From the Top

	IT Does Matter Information Builders' CEO responds to Nicholas Carr's widely read and quoted article in the Harvard Business Review that alleged, "IT Doesn’t Matter." by Information Builders President and CEO, Gerald D. Cohen

Industry Perspective

	Interview With Doculabs’ Gaurav Verma, Senior Analyst and Research Specialist As an expert on enterprise-scale data analysis, reporting and information delivery technologies, Verma is focused on the business intelligence (BI) market. We spoke with him to learn how market-leading companies are breaking new ground with their BI initiatives.

Features

	Monitoring the Pulse of the Enterprise WebFOCUS Autonomic Server intelligently manages clustered WebFOCUS applications.
	Back to Basics Reprinted from Intelligent Enterprise magazine, this piece offers an exemplary review of WebFOCUS 5 and an in-depth look at Information Builders’ focus on stability and utility.

WebFOCUS Success Stories

	WebFOCUS Gives United States Air Force a Real-Time View of Air Mobility Operations Highly efficient new system cuts costs and improves planning and decision-making.
	International Speedway Corporation Pulls Into the Fast Lane With WebFOCUS Web-based reporting framework puts users behind the wheel.
	Holland America Sets Sail With WebFOCUS Major cruise line boosts efficiency with end-user reporting environment.
	Elie Tahari Ltd. Unveils New End-User Reporting Framework High-end fashion retailer dons WebFOCUS-based BI environment to track orders, inventory, sales, and finance.

Spotlight on iWay Software

	Executive Viewpoint Getting more bang for the buck: iWay Software’s customers and partners work with us because they want to solve specific business problems with the most cost-effective tools on the market, iWay’s President, John Senor, relates.
	Connecting the Enterprise iWay integrates multinational business operations for Alcan, Inc.
	iWay Supports 20 e-Business Initiatives EAI opportunities of the highest standard.
	Q&A With Gordon Van Huizen, Sonic Software’s Chief Technology Officer The notion of an Enterprise Service Bus that spans the enterprise connecting diverse applications and then binding into business partner systems at the edge is absolutely fundamental IT technology, Van Huizen tells us.