"There is only one word to describe the results the City of Houston PoliceDepartment achieved with the help of Information Builders BI technology:impressive," said Mary Jo Nott, executive editor, BeyeNETWORK. "Armed withreal-time data analysis, not only does the police administration run moreefficiently, but police officers on the streets are safer because they havecritical location- or suspect-specific information at their fingertips whenresponding to a call, which allows them to better protect the citizens theyare sworn to serve."

In keeping with BeyeNETWORK.com's mission to provide aglobal vision for BI and beyond, the Vision Award for Business Impactrecognizes the efforts of companies that have successfully used BI softwareand technology to positively impact their organizations. HPD's awardsubmission was selected out of more than 50 entries in five categories,which provided real-world testimony to the impact that software solutionscan have on an organization. Expert judges who conducted detailedevaluations of all awards submissions included: Lou Agosta, ACM; RichardHackathorn, Bolder Technologies; Claudia Imhoff, Intelligent Solutions;David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity; Mark Madsen, Third Nature; WilliamMcKnight, Lucidity Consulting Group; John Myers, The Blue Buffalo Group;and Colin White, BI Research.

"The City of Houston Police Department exemplifies how effectiveapplications of BI and analytics improve an organization's operation andboost strategic decision-making to increase morale, efficiency, and makeour nation's cities safer," said Gerald D. Cohen, CEO and founder atInformation Builders. "We congratulate HPD on its well-deserved award win."

As the nation's fourth largest city, Houston presents its police departmentwith many significant challenges. To better uphold its mission of enhancingthe quality of life in the City of Houston, HPD launched a high-tech CrimeCenter and Law Enforcement Application in February of 2008. Based onWebFOCUS software technology from Information Builders, this applicationprovides real-time data analysis on more than 15 years worth of informationand quickly disseminates it to the field. This innovative technologyenables the HPD to maximize its human resources, increase morale amongpersonnel, restructure organizational units for maximum efficiency, andpredict the likelihood of crime in certain areas, thereby enhancing crimeprevention. Combining best practices and the most effective software withHPD's manpower resulted in faster response, better security, and increasedsafety for all citizens. In the near future, citizens will be able toaccess Crime Center data via a Web page through which they will be able toobtain the latest crime data for their particular neighborhoods. To read anexcerpt from the City of Houston Police Department's winning entry visit www.BeyeNETWORK.com/visionaward.

About BeyeNETWORK

The Network's flagship site BeyeNETWORK.com leads the industry withup-to-the-minute news, newsletters, articles, executive spotlights,podcasts, expert-hosted channels and blogs. Experts include Claudia Imhoff,Bill Inmon, Craig Schiff, Colin White, David Loshin and others.BeyeRESEARCH.com provides research and case studies from leading authorsand experts in business intelligence. BeyeBLOGS.com is a businessintelligence-specific community blogging site that provides an open forumabout industry issues and challenges. BeyeSEARCH.com offers the first andonly editor-driven directory and search engine specially built to servethis industry.

About Information Builders

As a leading independent business intelligence (BI) company for the past 30years, Information Builders has provided innovative solutions to more than12,000 customers, including most of the Fortune 100 and numerous U.S.federal government agencies. The company's flagship WebFOCUS product is theworld's most widely used BI platform. Superior architecture and intuitivenature enables WebFOCUS to address the needs of everyone in the extendedglobal enterprise -- executive, analytical, operational, and beyond. Itprovides the agility to adapt to changing business conditions with thesecurity, scalability, and flexibility to support dozens to millions ofusers.

Unique to the company is the integration expertise it brings to the BImarket. Information Builders iWay Software suite solves complex integrationproblems with pre-built components that require minimal custom programming.The award-winning combination of WebFOCUS and iWay gives InformationBuilders customers the ability to embrace the company motto: "BecauseEveryone Makes Decisions."

Information Builders is committed to customer service excellence with aProfessional Services division that specializes in building customapplications using WebFOCUS and iWay Software. Headquartered in New YorkCity with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and hasmore than 350 business partners. Visit informationbuilders.com.

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