Simpson Associates couples with Information Builders

Business intelligence analytics, and data management outfit Information Builders announced that Simpson Associates, a leading data analytics consultancy, has joined the company’s Partner Programme as a Signature Partner.

Through this new partnership, Simpson Associates will provide its clients in the UK government, education, housing, retail, media, publishing, legal, and manufacturing sectors with data quality and master data management solutions based on Information Builders’ Omni-Gen technology.

Information Builders enables organisations to use of trusted data and analytics at scale. Information Builders provides a scalable data and analytics software platform that makes trusted data easy to access and analytics easy to create and consume.

Information Builders’ premier customer base includes global organisations and industry leaders in financial services, healthcare, insurance, education, government, manufacturing, retail, transportation and logistics, travel hospitality, and entertainment. Information Builders is headquartered in New York City, with global offices, and remains one of the largest privately-held companies in the industry.

Founded in 1991, Simpson Associates specialises in developing data and performance management solutions, focusing on areas such as data strategy; data analytics; master data management; dashboarding and reporting;  planning and forecasting for clients including The University of Leicester, Sheffield Hallam University, Nottingham Trent University, Derbyshire Constabulary, Farrow and Ball, Quorn, Orbit Group, DC Thomson, and Telegraph Media Group.

Giles Horwood, managing director, Simpson Associates said: “We partner with the leading data analytics technology providers to give our clients the power to make better-informed decisions. Selecting the best technology to integrate, profile, and remediate master data is crucial for helping our clients to ensure the quality of their data, so that they can trust the models, insights, and forecasts generated.”

Lucy Winstanley, director of channels (UK), Information Builders, said: “Simpson Associates has a strong track record in helping UK universities, retailers, and manufacturers to marshal their data to gain visibility and competitive advantage. Information Builders has many examples of BI success stories in these sectors, and we are delighted to welcome Simpson Associates to our Partner Programme so that we can serve UK organisations together. Data quality is critical for the success of these clients’ business intelligence and analytics projects. Our partners can rely on the fact that Information Builders’ data quality and master data management products are industry-proven and built for scale allowing them to grow their businesses by delivering outstanding data quality solutions to meet any customer use case.”