Cognos, a business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management (CPM) vendor, has announced that Cognos ReportNet has been awarded the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) 2005 Codie Award in the "Best Business Intelligence or Knowledge Management Solution" category.
Says David McWilliam, managing director of Cognos SA: "ReportNet, our flagship BI product, continues to provide businesses with quicker results, improved decision-making and increased agility, translating into improved performance and lowered costs. The largest and most successful companies around the globe continue to embrace Cognos for its breadth of functionality, scalability and ease of use. The strength of our corporate performance management vision and the efforts of our highly competent business intelligence research and development team has provided Cognos with competitive advantage."
Built on a service-oriented architecture, Cognos ReportNet scales to hundreds of thousands of users and draws upon Cognos` reporting and query leadership. It is an integral part of the Cognos Enterprise BI (EBI) Series, which includes flexible scorecards, dashboards, powerful industry-leading OLAP analysis, event management and data integration.
The Codie Awards programme is the only peer recognition programme in the software and information industry, providing a unique opportunity for companies to compete for the praise of their competitors. This year, SIIA received over 1 000 nominations - a record-breaker for the Codie Awards, now in its 20th year. First round judging was completed by a broad panel consisting of representatives from the industry trade press, mainstream technology writers, industry experts and analysts. Second round judging was based on votes from SIIA members.
"The 20th Annual Codie Awards continues SIIA`s tradition of celebrating the best products in the software and information industry," says Ken Wasch, President of SIIA. "Being chosen as the winning company from among so many fine nominees is a tremendous achievement."
For more information about the 2005 Codie Awards Programme, including a complete list of award winners, visit http://www.siia.net/codies/2005/winners.asp
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The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 750 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit http://www.siia.net
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