This prestigious award is presented annually to a select group of vendor companies who supply Sears, Roebuck and Co. with quality products and services. More than 10,000 sources competed for this award.

Informix Software was honored at an event hosted by Sears Chairman and CEO Alan J. Lacy at Sears’ headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The Partners in Progress program recognizes sources who made significant contributions in 2000 to advance Sears’ strategy to become a compelling place to shop, work and invest.

Informix Software takes enormous pride in our longstanding relationship with Sears and are honored to be named a ‘Partner in Progress’, said Jim Foy president of Informix Software. We have been working with Sears developing systems and applications that consolidate information across lines of business. This work, carried on jointly with Sears in the Informix Solutions Center on-site at Sears Headquarters in Hoffman Estates, IL, provides the benefits of speed to market, cost reduction and increased customer satisfaction.

Begun almost 20 years ago, the Partners In Progress program recognizes sources that make significant contributions to the growth of Sears’s businesses and the creation of new ways to better serve Sears customers. The winners were selected from nominations submitted by Sears store support organization.