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'Cognos' (, ) 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. It has since acquired 4Thought, Relational Matters, LEX2000, DecisionStream, NoticeCast, Adaytum, Frango, and Celequest.
In January 2007, Cognos acquired Celequest, an Operational Intelligence company that operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cognos. Celequest offers real time, event based, business intelligence dashboards.
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.^[1]
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.

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Cognos 8 BI Tools Include

Products

Industries

References

External links

Cognos 8 BI Tools Include

Framework Manager

Cognos PowerPlay

PowerPlay Transformer

Report Studio

Analysis Studio

Metrics Studio

Event Studio

Products

★ Cognos Analyst

★ Cognos Contributor

★ Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

★ →Cognos 8 BI Tools Include:

★ →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 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

Industries

★ Alternative Energy

★ Banking and Financial Services

★ Defense

★ Education

★ Government

★ Hospitality and Entertainment

★ Manufacturing

★ Oil and Gas

★ Supply Chain

★ Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences

★ Retail

★ Small and Mid-sized Businesses

★ Telecommunications

★ Real Estate

References

1. Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers

External links

★ Official site