KWI utilizes IBM Cognos software to support our strengths in Merchandising Optimization.

Cognos is the best in breed for business intelligence and financial performance management. It's the choice of more than 23,000 leading companies and organizations worldwide seeking to make better decisions. Cognos connects KWI clients with the tools to:

• Set targets, see results and understand what drives the numbers.
• Identify trends that may be benefits or threats.
• Take action with a common context for decision-making across every department.
• Identify and analyze opportunities.

Cognos delivers trusted information that retailers can work with in their preferred format: reports, dashboards, scorecards. Integrated within KWI's extremely user-friendly, highly supportive and customized system, it is a powerful tool for Merchandising Optimization.

Since its inception in 1982, Sun Microsystems, Inc., has risen to a leadership position as provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services. Its business spans more than 100 countries.

KWI was one of Sun's first partners in retail. Since 1991, we've utilized their servers and service to create the leading-edge performance our customers rely on. Sun provides the hardware platform and services for KWI's state-of-the-art data center. All KWI back office applications are run on Sun hardware. A commitment to excellence continues to bind our two companies.

With Sun's support, we upgrade our servers every 16 months to continually assure our clients of the latest advances in IT capability. From the servers themselves to tape backup and storage, Sun assures KWI of exceptional data center management for the highest degree of system availability.