is a privately held
Software company, with their headquarters in
New York . The company was founded in
1975 by Gerald D. Cohen, Peter Mittelman, and Martin B. Slagowitz. Together with
Microsoft (?),
Apple Computer ,
Oracle Corporation , and
SAS Institute they belong to the group of big SW companies from the mid-seventies that are still managed by their founders.
Information Builders is known for their
Business Intelligence tools
FOCUS and
WebFOCUS . After 32 years of reporting knowledge from a variety of platforms and applications, in
2001 they established
IWay Software , a wholly owned subsidiary that focuses on
Integration and
SOA .
The group has a worldwide presence with 47 own offices and 26 national distributors. They have more than 1600 employees worldwide and their turnover in
2004 was more than $300 million.
