Information Builders Appoints J.T. Taylor New CTO of iWay Software

Global IT Veteran to Advance Product Direction and Strategy for Market Expansion


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - July 25, 2007) - iWay Software, an Information Builders company and innovator of enterprise integration solutions, today announced the appointment of John T. Taylor as chief technology officer. A leader in the commercial software industry, J.T. joins iWay with more than 25 years of experience developing and marketing enterprise software, continuing his legacy of driving and delivering fresh and innovative products.

"As more and more companies rapidly expand in today's business environment, through organic growth or mergers and acquisitions, the value of a well-structured business integration solution can no longer be ignored," said Taylor. "Joining iWay Software gives me a great opportunity to continue bringing companies, both large and small, the industry's most comprehensive and effective tools for data integration."

At iWay, Taylor will be responsible for strategic product direction and planning, analyst relations, and overall customer satisfaction, working closely with John Senor, president of iWay Software.

Prior to joining iWay Software, Taylor was the founder and CEO of SemanticSolutions, an independent software vendor and reseller targeting the application development market. Previously, he held the position of senior director of Global Product Marketing and chief software architect at Software AG, a $1 billion independent software vendor in the database, application development, and application integration markets. Prior to Software AG, Taylor was vice president and chief technology officer of SingleShop, an Internet e-commerce startup, responsible for the development and support of the company's innovative software-as-a-service (SaaS) e-commerce products. Taylor is also a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army.

"iWay Software has been very successful at solving business problems with integration technologies across a variety of industries," said John Senor, president of iWay Software. "J.T. will be instrumental in driving new product innovation and introducing high-value technology solutions into new and emerging markets."

About iWay Software

iWay Software, an Information Builders company and the world's leading adapter vendor, accelerates business integration by providing tools that make service-oriented architectures easy to implement. Clients achieve short-term ROI by using iWay to reduce custom programming and to solve problems quickly, while incrementally creating an architecture that supports long-term projects. The biggest names in software, including BEA, Microsoft, and SAP, use iWay adapters to simplify access to ERP and CRM systems, messaging, legacy systems, e-business protocols like AS2 and ebXML, and more. Additional message transformation and data integration make iWay a natural integration choice -- standalone or with other middleware.

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 subsidiary iWay Software provides state-of-the-art, multi-purpose integration engines that address all SOA, application, data, and information management requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading software platform providers. Together, these products give Information Builders' customers the ability to live up to the company motto: Your business. No Barriers.

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 1,600 people and has more than 350 business partners.

Contact Information: Press Contacts: Kathleen Moran Information Builders (212) 736-4433 Jenny Moebius Emerge PR (617) 729-3183