Forrester Research has recognised Cognos as a leader in BI reporting and analysis platforms. In its new Q1 2006 report - The Forrester Wave: BI Reporting and Analysis Platforms - Forrester ranked Cognos as a leader based on the company`s strategy, market presence and current offering, Cognos 8 Business Intelligence.
The comprehensive report found that Cognos 8 BI received top scores among the 10 participating vendor offerings in the categories of product direction, strategy and market presence. Specifically, Cognos was cited for its clear analytic reporting leadership and enterprise reporting, and for being the only vendor to include both capabilities in a single product.
"Cognos 8 Business Intelligence offers a single, strong BI reporting and analysis product for support of analytic and enterprise reporting. The product is strong in all three areas - analytic functionality, application development and usability - with comprehensive support for unification, internationalisation and open APIs, and strong support for OLAP, query, metadata, dashboards and scorecards," writes Keith Gile in The Forrester Wave: BI Reporting and Analysis Platforms, Q1 2006.
Says David McWilliam, managing director of Cognos SA: "Cognos is executing on its vision to provide one single product to meet all BI needs for specific departmental purposes and broader standardisation initiatives within large enterprises. With Cognos 8 BI, we are setting new standards in innovation and functionality to help our customers achieve greater insights into business performance. We have experienced overwhelming success with local Cognos 8 BI implementations and our clients are realising the benefits of a standardised platform."
The full Forrester Wave: Business Intelligence report can be viewed at http://www.cognos.com/news/analyst_reviews.html
Cognos 8 Business Intelligence provides decision-makers at all levels of enterprise capabilities to better manage performance by delivering a consistent, accurate view of all business information. As a complete, flexible product, Cognos 8 BI easily integrates into existing infrastructures with multiple systems and data sources. Its simplified BI environment improves user adoption, enables better decision-making, and provides a robust foundation for departmental BI and enterprise BI.
Source: The Forrester Wave: BI Reporting and Analysis Platforms, Q1 2006, by Keith Gile.
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