Cognos

Cognos Incorporated

Company type	Public
Industry	business intelligence,performance management
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario
Key people	Rob Ashe, President and CEO
Products	Cognos 8 BI; Cognos 8 Planning; Cognos 8 Controller; Cognos 8 Workforce Performance; Cognos Go! Family
Revenue	$979.26 million USD (2007)
Number of employees	3,507 (2007)
Website	http://www.cognos.com

Cognos Incorporated (TSX: CSN, Nasdaq: COGN) is an Ottawa, Ontario based company which makes business intelligence (BI) and performance management software. Founded in 1969, Cognos employs almost 3,500 people and serves more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos was originally known as Quasar and adopted its current name in 1982. On November 12, 2007 it was announced that IBM would acquire Cognos.

Cognos 8 BI, which was launched in September 2005, combines the features of several previous products: ReportNet, PowerPlay, Metrics Manager, Noticecast, and Data Manager (formerly DecisionStream). Cognos 8 BI has won numerous awards including the eWEEK Excellence Award in Analytics and Reporting, the LOTUS ADVISOR "Editor's Choice" Award, and TechTarget's SearchCRM.com 2005 Product of the Year.

In 2007, Cognos was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, one of only a handful of software development companies to receive this honour.

Recently, Cognos has been named to the InformationWeek 500, chosen as one of START-IT Magazine's "Hottest Companies of 2006" and won "Best of Information On Demand Showcase" as part of the IBM Information Management Awards.

Acquisition of Cognos by IBM

On November 12, 2007 IBM and Cognos entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Cognos. The acquisition is subject to Cognos shareholder approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. It is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008. Until the acquisition closes, IBM and Cognos will continue to conduct business as separate companies.

Acquisitions made by Cognos

In September 2007, Cognos announced that it would be acquiring Applix. It had previously acquired 4Thought, Relational Matters, LEX2000, DecisionStream, NoticeCast, Adaytum, Frango, Databeacon and Celequest, an Operational Intelligence company.

Cognos 8 BI Tools Include

• Framework Manager
• Cognos PowerPlay
• PowerPlay Transformer
• Report Studio
• Query Studio
• Analysis Studio
• Metrics Studio
• Event Studio
• Metrics Designer

Products

• Cognos Analyst
• Cognos Contributor
• Cognos 8 Business Intelligence:
  • Analysis Studio (Explore data to answer business questions)
  • Report Studio (Professional Report Authoring)
  • Query Studio (Ad Hoc Report Authoring)
  • Metric Studio (Monitor, Analyze, and Report on KPI)
  • Event Studio (Action based agents notify decision makers as events happen)
• Cognos 8 Planning
• Cognos 8 Controller
• Cognos 8 Workforce Performance
• Cognos 8 Data Manager (formerly DecisionStream)
• Cognos TM1 (formerly Applix TM1)
• Cognos Go! family (Search, Office, Mobile)
• Cognos Finance(formerly LEX2000)
• Cognos ReportNet
• Cognos PowerPlay for Windows
• Cognos PowerPlay Transformer
• Cognos 7 Impromptu
• Cognos 7 Impromptu Administrator
• Cognos 7 Impromptu Web Reports
• Cognos 7 Decision Stream
• Cognos 7 Notice Cast
• Cognos Performance Applications for Oracle Apps
• Cognos Performance Applications for SAP
• Cognos Performance Applications for People Soft
• Cognos Now! Business Intelligence Appliances

External links

• Official site
• Partner site