Information Builders

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Information Builders
Type Private
Founded Flag of the United States USA (1975)
Headquarters New York, USA
Key people Gerald D. Cohen, CEO
Industry Software & Consulting
Products WebFOCUS Business Intelligence
FOCUS Host based reporting
Integration Technology
Revenue $315 million USD (2007)
Employees 1,400 (2007)
Subsidiaries iWay Software
Website www.informationbuilders.com

Information Builders is a privately held software company, with its headquarters in New York City. The company was founded in 1975 by Gerald D. Cohen, Peter Mittelman, and Martin B. Slagowitz. Together with Apple Computer, Oracle Corporation, and the SAS Institute they belong to a select group of medium to large software and hardware companies from the mid-seventies that are still managed by their founders. Information Builders is known for their business intelligence tools FOCUS and WebFOCUS. In 2001, they established iWay Software, a wholly owned company that focuses on data integration and SOA. The company has a worldwide presence with 47 sales offices and 26 national distributors and agents. They have more than 1400 employees worldwide and their revenue in 2007 was more than $315 million, with double digit growth in software license revenue.

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