Information Builders Awards Outstanding Customer Implementations at Annual Summit User Conference

Market Wire, June, 2008

Information Builders, the independent leader in pervasive business intelligence ( BI ) systems and its subsidiary iWay Software, an innovator of enterprise integration solutions, today announced the winners of its Awards of Distinction for innovative use of BI and integration. Winners are being honored at the 2008 Information Builders Summit User Conference, which brings together leading industry analysts and more than a thousand customers from around the world, and showcases exceptional use of BI and integration technologies in more than 100 customer-led sessions.

"We continue to be impressed by our customers' ability to apply our technology applications to create cutting-edge business solutions," said Information Builders founder and CEO Gerald Cohen. "Our business intelligence applications enhance operations and overall performance throughout these organizations for more accurate decision making and a competitive advantage in their respective markets."

Information Builders has maintained a 33-year history of innovation, marked at this year's conference by the introduction of advanced analytics and a spotlight on BI search in action with products that fulfill the "Everyone Makes Decisions" theme of Summit 2008. The following distinguished award winners for 2008 are recognized for their ongoing efforts to bring BI technology benefits to the forefront of their organizations:

--  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.