Jerry Lucas, assistant vice president of Strategic Initiatives for Union Pacific said, "Union Pacific needed to deliver information to potentially over 48,000 users. We needed a solution that was secure, flexible, scalable, and could adapt to the current infrastructure that was in place at the railroad. We conducted a 90-day proof of concept with WebFOCUS that included running WebFOCUS on mainframe, UNIX, and NT with access to over six different databases. WebFOCUS worked as advertised and our decision was made."

Union Pacific Corp. has many reporting needs throughout its enterprise – from financial analysis to cargo tracking. Union Pacific owns the largest railroad in North America and operates one of the largest less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers in the United States. Tracking 6,886 locomotives, over 300,000 freight cars, 4,900 tractors, 19,000 trailers, and 48,000 employees requires a diverse and substantial IT infrastructure. Information Builders' WebFOCUS will help pull together Union Pacific's disparate data, analyze it, then deliver intelligent information to those that need it.

"We needed to consolidate the number of reporting tools in place at the railroad," said Jean Kirkpatrick, manager of End User Consulting Services at Union Pacific. "WebFOCUS was the only tool that was capable of accessing all the data in place at the railroad, could scale to the anticipated number of users, and deliver that data as useful and consumable information in any format. WebFOCUS proved to be the best choice."

"We are very excited to be named the enterprise reporting standard at Union Pacific," said Gerald Cohen, CEO of Information Builders. "We find many large enterprises consolidating reporting tools, especially nowadays. Many turn to WebFOCUS because of its unmatched data access, easy to use query and analysis tools, flexible development environment, and built-in scalability."

Union Pacific Corporation is one of America's leading transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, is the largest railroad in North America, covering 23 states across the western two-thirds of the United States. A strong focus on quality and a strategically advantageous route structure enable the company to serve customers in critical and fast-growing markets. It is a leading carrier of low-sulfur coal used in electrical power generation and has broad coverage of the large chemical-producing areas along the Gulf Coast. With competitive long-haul routes between all major West Coast ports and eastern gateways, and as the only railroad to serve all six gateways to Mexico, Union Pacific has the premier rail franchise in North America. The Corporation's trucking operations include Overnite Corporation, which owns its less-than-truckload carriers Overnite Transportation and Motor Cargo.

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