Information Builders
American software company
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Information Builders (ibi), founded in 1975, was a privately held software company headquartered in New York City.[1] Information Builders (ibi) provided services in the fields of Business Intelligence, Data Integration and Data Quality solutions.[buzzword]
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Software and consulting |
| Founded | 1975 in United States |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Gerald D. Cohen, founder Frank J. Vella, CEO |
| Products | WebFOCUS FOCUS iWay Software integration technology |
| Revenue | US$315 million (2007) |
Number of employees | 1,400 (2007) |
History
Gerald D. Cohen, who died in 2020,[2] co-founded Information Builders (ibi) 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]
Information Builders (ibi) was one of the largest privately held software firms, operating in more than 60 locations.[5] Computer Intelligence estimated in 1987 that Information Builders had 3% of the Fortune 1000 PC database market, tied for third behind Ashton-Tate and Microrim.[6] In 2001, it established iWay Software, a wholly owned company focusing on data integration and service-oriented architecture (SOA).[7]
In October 2020, TIBCO Software agreed to purchase ibi. The deal was completed in March 2021.[8]