Information Builders/Saratoga Institute Announce Alliance

Information Builders, a leader in Web Business Intelligence, announced an alliance with Saratoga Institute, a leading worldwide source of human capital benchmarking and performance measurements. The partnership will provide an exchange of technology and business knowledge that will allow both companies to offer advanced solutions to Human Resources organizations worldwide.

The two companies will work together to expand WebFOCUS i-vision for HR Analysis, Information Builders' prepackaged analytical application for SAP and PeopleSoft users. i-vision combines business content; Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), a portfolio of predeveloped reports; and sophisticated reporting functionality to empower all levels of HR professionals to accurately monitor and analyze crucial HR operations. Information Builders will participate in Saratoga's formal program to certify i-vision, and will utilize Saratoga's human capital expertise to validate i-vision's HR-specific content and enhance it with additional metrics, measures and benchmarks.

Saratoga will employ Information Builders' data movement and migration technology to load data and metrics from legacy systems into its own database. Information Builders' business intelligence solutions will also be used to enhance Saratoga's report generation and deployment capabilities.

"Saratoga's experience in the HR marketplace will add significant value to i-vision," said Kevin Mergruen, vice president of Information Builders' ERP Solutions Division. "Their extensive knowledge will enable us to validate the business content we provide with i-vision, and offer ERP customers the critical HR intelligence they need to successfully run their organizations."

"By joining forces with Information Builders, we can enhance our offerings with the latest technologies," added David Verzello, director of benchmarking and analysis at Saratoga Institute. "Their leading-edge software for data migration and business intelligence will help us to provide best-of-breed solutions to HR departments around the world."

About Information Builders

Information Builders is a leader in Web Business Intelligence. Headquartered in New York, Information Builders helps companies and government organizations improve their mission-critical operations by transforming data into usable intelligence and delivering it through the Internet. With its market-leading WebFOCUS product, Information Builders boasts more than 9,000 global customer sites, including 92 of the Fortune 100, among its current customers. The company employs 2,000 professionals worldwide and generated revenues exceeding $300 million in 2000. For more information on Information Builders, visit www.informationbuilders.com.

About Saratoga Institute

Saratoga Institute Inc, a subsidiary of Spherion Corporation, is the global leader in providing a unique, comprehensive approach to the study of human capital management -- that is, maximizing the talent of a company's people. Using this approach, companies can track and benchmark the cost of recruiting, hiring, and turnover of employees, and most important, the ROI of human capital. Leading Saratoga Institute is Dr. Jac Fitz-enz, its founder and one of the world's leading authorities on human resource management. The author of six books, Dr. Fitz-enz pioneered the field of human capital benchmarking and performance measurement. Visit the company's Web site at www.saratoga-institute.com.

Contact Kathleen Moran of Information Builders, 917-339-6313, kathleen_moran@ibi.com or Tricia Chamberlain of Spherion Corporation-Saratoga Institute, 954-489-6178, triciachamberlain@spherion.com.