Information Builders

Information Builders (ibi)
Type	Private
Industry	Software and consulting
Founded	1975 in United States
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Key people	Gerald D. Cohen, Chairman of the Board; Frank J. Vella, CEO
Products	WebFOCUS; FOCUS iWay Software ; integration technology
Revenue	US$315 million (2007)
Number of employees	1,400 (2007)
Website	ibi.com

Information Builders (ibi) is a 40+ year old privately held software company headquartered in New York City.[1] Information Builders provides services in the fields of Business Intelligence, Data Integration and Data Quality solutions.

History

Gerald D. Cohen, currently the Chairman of the Board,[2] co-founded Information Builders in 1975[3] with Peter Mittelman and Martin B. Slagowitz. Their initial product, FOCUS, was designed to enable people without formal computer programming skills to work with information systems.[4] The current CEO is Frank J. Vella.[2]

Information Builders is one of the largest privately held software firms and operates in more than 60 locations.[5] In 2001, it established iWay Software, a wholly owned company that focuses on data integration and service-oriented architecture (SOA).[6]

References

Mervyn Rothstein (May 2, 1997). "Lease for Office Space". The New York Times.
Brust, Andrew. "Information Builders names Frank J. Vella new CEO". ZDNet. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"Information Builders, Inc". Founded in 1975
"Focus on End User tools". Network World. May 9, 1994. p. 39.
Zielenziger, David (5 December 2011). "Let Oracle, SAP Buy Others, Information Builders Remains Independent Stalwart, CEO Says". International Business Times.
"iWay Software, from Information Builders". ComputerWorld. March 19, 2001. p. 50. iWay Software, launched in February 2001, is a wholly owned company of Information Builders Inc.

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[1] Mervyn Rothstein (May 2, 1997). "Lease for Office Space". The New York Times.

[cob-2] Brust, Andrew. "Information Builders names Frank J. Vella new CEO". ZDNet. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[3] "Information Builders, Inc". Founded in 1975

[4] "Focus on End User tools". Network World. May 9, 1994. p. 39.

[5] Zielenziger, David (5 December 2011). "Let Oracle, SAP Buy Others, Information Builders Remains Independent Stalwart, CEO Says". International Business Times.

[6] "iWay Software, from Information Builders". ComputerWorld. March 19, 2001. p. 50. iWay Software, launched in February 2001, is a wholly owned company of Information Builders Inc.