Information Builders

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title: "Information Builders" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["software-companies-based-in-new-york-(state)", "data-companies", "data-quality-companies", "defunct-software-companies-of-the-united-states"] description: "American software company" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Builders" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American software company ::

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Field	Value
name	Information Builders (ibi)
type	Private
foundation	1975 in United States
location_city	New York City
location_country	United States
key_people	Gerald D. Cohen, founder
Frank J. Vella, CEO
num_employees	1,400 (2007)
industry	Software and consulting
products	WebFOCUS
FOCUS iWay Software
integration technology
revenue	US$315 million (2007)
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| logo = | logo_caption = | name = Information Builders (ibi) | type = Private | foundation = 1975 in United States | location_city = New York City | location_country = United States | key_people = Gerald D. Cohen, founder Frank J. Vella, CEO | num_employees = 1,400 (2007) | industry = Software and consulting | products = WebFOCUS FOCUS iWay Software integration technology | revenue = US$315 million (2007) | homepage = Information Builders (ibi), founded in 1975, was a privately held software company headquartered in New York City.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/02/nyregion/lease-for-office-space.html |title=Lease for Office Space |author=Mervyn Rothstein |date=May 2, 1997}} Information Builders (ibi) provided services in the fields of Business Intelligence, Data Integration and Data Quality solutions.

History

Gerald D. Cohen, who died in 2020, co-founded Information Builders (ibi) in 1975{{cite web |quote=Founded in 1975 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29906 |title=Information Builders, Inc.| website=Bloomberg News }} 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.{{cite magazine |magazine=Network World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhcEAAAAMBAJ |title=Focus on End User tools |date=May 9, 1994 |page=39}}

Information Builders (ibi) was one of the largest privately held software firms, operating in more than 60 locations. 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. In 2001, it established iWay Software, a wholly owned company focusing on data integration and service-oriented architecture (SOA).{{cite magazine |magazine=ComputerWorld |quote=iWay Software, launched in February 2001, is a wholly owned company of Information Builders (ibi) Inc. |title=iWay Software, from Information Builders (ibi) |date=March 19, 2001 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFT5Vb1soN0C}}

In October 2020, TIBCO Software agreed to purchase ibi. The deal was completed in March 2021.

References

References

1. "Information Builders (ibi) names Frank J. Vella new CEO".
2. (5 December 2011). "Let Oracle, SAP Buy Others, Information Builders (ibi) Remains Independent Stalwart, CEO Says". [[International Business Times]].
3. Gates, Bill. (1987-11-02). "The great software debate". Computerworld.
4. (22 October 2020). "TIBCO Announces Agreement to Acquire Information Builders, Inc.".

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