Information Builders' WebFOCUS Affirmed as a Key Part of ArvinMeritor's Enterprise Business Intelligence Strategy

WebFOCUS Used as Centralized Enterprise-Wide Reporting Server and B2B Platform

New York, Sept. 9, 2003 -- Information Builders, the leader in enterprise business intelligence (BI) and real-time Web reporting, announced that ArvinMeritor, a $7 billion global supplier of integrated systems, modules, and components for the motor vehicle industry, has affirmed that Information Builders' WebFOCUS is a key solution in their enterprise. ArvinMeritor chose Information Builders based on the software's ability to work with existing IT infrastructure and report to employees and external partners and customers.

"Information Builders' WebFOCUS is a key part of our business intelligence strategy," said Perry Lipe, CIO of ArvinMeritor. "The products are reliable and work across our existing, very diverse computing environment. We are pleased with the partnership and plan to continue to expand implementing their solutions throughout our enterprise."

Leveraging Existing IT Investments

Companies with complex legacy infrastructures need a solution that works on a variety of platforms and doesn't require significant investments in additional hardware or IT staff to run effectively. Information Builders' deep integration capabilities allow companies to work with existing technology, dramatically speeding business intelligence deployments.

ArvinMeritor uses WebFOCUS as a centralized report server or portal that supports users throughout the company. The reporting environment points to many types of platforms and data structures, yet users only need to learn one Web-based reporting environment. ArvinMeritor also uses WebFOCUS to maintain B2B e-commerce applications for suppliers and customers. Data access and conversion of the various back-end databases is performed using enterprise integration technology from iWay Software, an Information Builders company.

"Information Builders is pleased that so many successful organizations like ArvinMeritor have selected WebFOCUS as their standard for business intelligence," said Gerald Cohen, founder and CEO of Information Builders. "They are among a growing number of companies that are turning to us to help drive business success across the enterprise."

About Information Builders

Information Builders is the leader in enterprise business intelligence and real-time Web reporting. The company's WebFOCUS product -- the industry's most secure and flexible -- is able to meet all the reporting needs of the extended enterprise, ranging from analysts to power users to the widest deployments for hundreds of thousands of users. Additionally, WebFOCUS' empowerment of organizations seeking to leverage all their data by accessing it all -- from legacy to data warehouse -- is unmatched.

Information Builders' award-winning technology has successfully provided quality software and superior services for 28 years to more than 11,000 customers, including most of the Fortune 100 and U.S. federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,750 people, has over 350 business partners, and generated revenues exceeding $300 million in 2002. For more information, go to http://www.informationbuilders.com .

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