Information Builders Inc. announced that Plus Relocation Services has deployed Information Builders WebFOCUS BI platform as the foundation for a customer-facing dashboard environment called InformAgility. As a global leader in the full-service relocation management and consulting industry, Plus Relocation created the BI environment to help clients create better relocation packages, keep track of expenses, and stay on budget throughout the year. Plus Relocation also used WebFOCUS to create an operational reporting system that helps employees communicate more effectively with customers about the costs and potential issues associated with relocation activities. Nearly 180 customers rely on InformAgility with more than 80 internal users depending on WebFOCUS for reporting and analysis functions. InformAgility makes this information easily accessible in a variety of formats such as graphs, PDF, HTML, Excel, and Active Reports. It includes an interactive cost calculator, online authorization forms, real-time status updates, customized financial reports, up-to-the-minute transferee survey results, and a document library for policies and reports. For example, if an employee moves from San Francisco to Singapore, the employer can estimate how much that relocation will cost and then use InformAgility to track expenses against that estimate. In addition, employers who purchase and resell their employees' former homes can track appraisals, listing amounts and offers for each property. They can also drop in different pricing structures to perform 'what-if' scenarios--a valuable capability in today's volatile housing market. Information Builders Professional Services helped Plus Relocation build a variety of operational reporting capabilities for internal use. Once these basic reports were in place, Plus Relocation used WebFOCUS Flex Enable to generate reports, graphs, and other visual representations of the data, including graphical drill-down capabilities that let users filter and manipulate information as they see fit. Plus Relocation is also using WebFOCUS Flex Enable to integrate graphics into its proposals, including interactive reports, drop-down menus, and dashboards. In the near future, the company plans to deploy WebFOCUS Performance Management Framework to complement an existing balanced scorecard initiative.

Information Builders Inc. announced a new advisory partnership with Dataspace Inc. With tighter integration during the proposal process and more direct access to Information Builders support personnel, Dataspace can better help customers evaluate, select, and implement the best BI solution that meets their needs. Companies, specifically in the insurance, manufacturing, utilities, and banking industries, already benefit from this partnership for better business decision-making. Both Information Builders and Dataspace are poised to provide mid-market companies with strategic BI selection and software implementation. As consultants with a technology-agnostic approach and deep industry experience, Dataspace experts advise that the company behind technology is just as important to successful implementation as the technology itself. Dataspace recommends Information Builders WebFOCUS to clients looking for enterprise-class reporting, dashboarding capabilities, reasonable licensing models, and the ability to e-mail basic BI to a broad audience.

Utah Valley University has deployed Information Builders Inc.'s WebFOCUS business intelligence platform for institutional reporting. UVU is using WebFOCUS to create an institution-wide reporting system that accommodates the needs of a variety of different departments and thousands of users. Information Builders has announced that Utah Valley University (UVU) implemented WebFOCUS to meet the university's goal of pervasive reporting. The WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) environment caters to a wide range of users, from the executive level and IT departments to the student population and casual users. Additionally, the WebFOCUS platform integrates with and leverages the university's SunGard Banner ERP system and accompanying Oracle database, providing the IT team with a reporting tool that can access, analyze, and distribute information within the system.