WebFOCUS's a business intelligence (BI) platform and the flagship product of Information Builders. (Through their iWay Software subsidiary, this New York-based company also makes software for system integration and Service-oriented architecture (SOA).) As a result of consolidation in the business intelligence industry, it's one of few remaining independent BI vendors. Information Builders deployed WebFOCUS in 1996, making it the first major Web-based BI platform. (For example, Cognos Reportnet l… (More on Webfocus)