Cognos SA has announced its participation in the Cognos` global expanded Business Partners Programme that delivers a wealth of discounted services and partner-only resources for participating Enterprise Integrators and Solutions Providers. Building on its success with large Enterprise Integrators, such as the "Big 5", Cognos is now delivering these benefits to a broader base of partners, enabling them to expand practices, increase revenue opportunities and leverage engagements with Cognos customers.
The Cognos Business Partners Programme focuses on the rapid delivery of enterprise-wide business intelligence (BI) solutions to customers worldwide, explains Cognos SA`s MD, Peter Gerson. "The Business Partners Programme for Enterprise Integrators is designed to meet the needs of large, multi-national management and technology consulting firms that assist Global 2000 corporations in developing and reengineering their business processes."
South African Cognos partners include Di Data, PQBI, Synergy, Sunstone, Deloitee & Touche`s Monotix . These partners are part of the vast network of Cognos partners who resell Cognos` industry-leading business intelligence solutions, allowing customers to increase productivity and competitiveness, and speed up time to results.
"Cognos` Business Partners Programme provides the education, services and industry-leading solutions needed to quickly enable our partners` customers to create competitive advantage using business intelligence," says Gerson. "Our partnerships with these companies establish our commitment to provide specialised business intelligence solutions that enable faster, co-ordinated decision making and stronger relationships with customers, employees and suppliers."
The expanded Cognos Business Partners Programme includes:
. Tiered membership structure with increasing benefits;
. Added incentives, education, support and practice development programs;
. Restructured education and multi-level certification process using advanced Web-based technologies for 24x7 availability;
. Opportunity to deliver specialised consulting services to Cognos customers.
"As the recognised leader in business intelligence, Cognos has aligned itself with top professional services organisations to deliver improved customer relationships and better business decisions through enabling technologies and best practices," says David Marmer, Cognos director of strategic business initiatives. "The Cognos Business Partners Programme allows our partners to leverage our relationship through exclusive access to our technologies, education, support and methodologies."
The Cognos Business Partners Programme for Solution Providers, a companion program to the Enterprise Integrator Programme, supports regionally focused partners that provide expert enterprise BI planning and implementation services to both traditional brick-and-mortar and today`s click-and mortar businesses. With an emphasis on small-to-medium sized enterprises, these firms are self-sufficient Cognos representatives who are capable of delivering both Cognos products and services to their respective clients. Additionally, Cognos` worldwide network of more than 2,900 partners includes OEMs and ASP partners that integrate Cognos` BI solutions with leading Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management and e-commerce applications.
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Cognos is the world`s largest and most successful vendor of enterprise business intelligence solutions that leverage Internet technology to make information easily accessible to everyone in your enterprise. Founded in 1969, Cognos does business in more than 120 countries and employs some 2,600 people worldwide. With more than 2 million BI licenses in over 16,000 organisations worldwide, Cognos solutions are licensed for use by a wide range of customers, including Global 3000 corporations.
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