Wine and Spirits Company Serves Top Shelf Business Intelligence From Information Builders

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 24, 2009) - Having recently completed the acquisition of Sweden's Vin & Spirit, premium spirits and wine company Pernod Ricard Nordic, found it was running three disparate in-house business intelligence (BI) tools. Challenged to lower costs and provide users with a consistent view of critical business information, the company chose independent BI leader Information Builders to standardize BI across the Nordics on the WebFOCUS platform. Information Builders beat out two other prominent BI vendors in a highly competitive review process.

In addition to standardizing on the latest version of WebFOCUS, Pernod Ricard Nordic will rely on Information Builders Active Reports for a portable BI platform, delivering interactive analytic applications to 85 users. The company will also roll out its intuitive Information Builders ad hoc reporting solution, InfoAssist, to 20 key users.

The company has a presence in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. The company's financial controllers in each country need to access multiple data sources to build financial reports to help manage the business. Technology-wise, Pernod Ricard was pleased that the solution provided all the functionality it needed, in particular, the ability to drill in whatever direction it wants, which allows users to break out of a normal hierarchy.

In addition, Information Builders took the time to listen to Pernod Ricard's business needs. "The strength of Information Builders technology combined with their understanding of our business needs made them stand out among the crowd," said Stefan Strandberg of Pernod Ricard Nordic. "We knew they were the best partner to help us gain a single, comprehensive view of our business."

"It's critical for industry leaders like Pernod Ricard to be able to empower business users with real-time information and customized reports," said Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders. "By standardizing on WebFOCUS, Pernod Ricard Nordics is not only saving money today, but also investing in its future to increase productivity."

About Pernod Ricard Nordic

Pernod Ricard Nordic is a cluster within the Pernod Ricard Europe region. The Nordic organisation consists of six business units, in all Nordic and Baltic countries plus Nordic Travel Retail, distributing a number of products of spirits and wine. Together with development, production and marketing of regional brands Pernod Ricard Nordic is the major player in Northern Europe.

Strategic international brands are ABSOLUT, Ballantine´s, Chivas Regal, Malibu, Ricard, Beefeater, Havana Club, Jameson, Glenlivet, Kahlua, Martell, Mumm, Perrier-Joet, Montana and Jacob's Creek. The main regional categories are vodka, aquavit, bitters and wine, with Aalborg Taffel Akvavit, Blossa, Chil Out, O.P Andersson and Gammel Dansk as key players.

About Information Builders

Information Builders' award-winning combination of business intelligence and enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions to more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is the world's most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides the security, scalability, and flexibility needed at every level of global extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical, and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users. Information Builders' iWay Software suite provides state of the art, multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data and information management requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading software platform providers. Information Builders also offers solutions in the performance management, business activity monitoring, and enterprise search markets. The company's comprehensive enterprise product offerings give Information Builders' customers the ability to grow and innovate according to their needs.

Information Builders' customers include most of the Fortune 100 and U.S. federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business partners. More information is available at informationbuilders.com.

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