Gartner has positioned Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM), in the leaders quadrant of its Enterprise Business Intelligence Magic Quadrant. According to Gartner, leaders are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.
Cognos continues to expand its leadership position in BI on the strength of its Cognos Enterprise BI Series, the industry`s most comprehensive business intelligence solution, and delivering on its vision of CPM. Cognos EBI Series includes an Open BI Platform with a Web services API, an open portal, open security, and open metadata. It also includes the market`s broadest suite of BI capabilities including Cognos ReportNet for reporting and ad hoc query, Cognos PowerPlay for OLAP analysis, and advanced solutions for visualisation, event management, dashboarding and data integration.
"Enterprise customers are looking for innovation, integration and the lowest overall cost of ownership from a single BI strategic supplier," says Rob Ashe, Cognos president and CEO.
"The positioning by Gartner confirms the continued momentum Cognos enjoys in the BI market, the award-winning quality and innovation of our products like Cognos ReportNet, and the strength of our vision."
Cognos ReportNet is meeting the needs of hundreds of today`s multinational, diversified enterprises. Built on a service-oriented architecture, it scales to hundreds of thousands of users. The solution is currently the reporting standard for a number of customers and partners worldwide, including Symantec, The Austrian Airlines Group, and Werner, the leader in the design, production, marketing and distribution of climbing products in the US.
* For complete details on Gartner`s November 2004 BI Magic Quadrant, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com/news/analyst_reviews.html.
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Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management, delivers software that helps companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance. Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage - corporate performance management (CPM) - achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Its integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence. Cognos serves more than 22 000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise BI and performance management solutions and services are also available from more than 3 000 worldwide partners and resellers. Cognos is traded on Nasdaq (COGN) and on The TSX in Toronto (CSN). For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.