Industry Analyst Reviews

New! Cognos in leaders quadrant position in Business Intelligence Platforms magic quadrant.
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Vendor Rating: Cognos
Read Gartner's recently published Vendor Rating of Cognos. Gartner vendor ratings are intended to evaluate a vendor from a business perspective.

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Cognos Named a Leader in BI in latest Forrester Wave for Business Intelligence Reporting and Analysis Solutions
According to the new Forrester Wave: Business Intelligence Reporting and Analysis Solutions, Q1 2006, Forrester Research has ranked Cognos among the top BI vendors based on the company’s strategy, market presence, and current offering, Cognos 8 BI.

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Cognos 8 BI Redefines Cognos’ BI Approach and Raises the Bar For Integrated BI Platforms
"Cognos has not only joined the short list of BI and platform vendors that can deliver these various reporting solutions on a single platform, but, in addition, it has raised the bar for how BI platforms must be capable of being integrated with the rest of the technology assets in a services oriented environment."

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New! Cognos Continues To Spread Its BI/PM Wings
Read this report about Cognos Forum, the annual conference which hosted more than 3,000 attendees in Orlando during May 2007. Find out how Cognos continues to forge ahead with its performance management-centered suite amidst an ever-shifting landscape of BI/PM providers.
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AMR Research BI/PM Maturity Model
According to AMR Research, there are four stages of business intelligence and performance management maturity. AMR Research's BI/PM Maturity Model brings together the four phases and helps organizations move their BI/PM strategies successfully through the four stages of maturity, outlining the special attributes and characteristics of each stage.

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BIScorecard^TM: BI Suite Integration: vendor suite integration comparison
Find out how Cognos 8 BI, Business Objects XI and Hyperion System 9 compare on suite integration

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New! Butler Group Technology Audit: IBM Cognos Now! Monitor
"Butler Group believes that IBM Cognos Now! Monitor benefits from several strong features: the pre-packaged hardware appliance, the ease of use and self-service functionality, and a good pricing model. These features make the product very competitive and we strongly recommend a closer examination."
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Cognos Rated “Outperform” in all Market Phases of Enterprise Business Intelligence Services of latest Butler Group Technology Audit on BI vendors. Butler Group report cites Cognos 8 BI as integral to Cognos’ enterprise BI market leadership.

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Air Force uses Cognos to manage personnel and improve productivity
Companies that have not extended business intelligence and performance management to their human resources department should consider doing so. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) uses Cognos 8 Business Intelligence to get better visibility into the deployment of its workforce, manage personnel, and improve productivity.
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Nucleus Research and CIO Decisions Magazine Recognize U.S. Coast Guard With Technology Award for Outstanding ROI Results — The U.S. Coast Guard’s win marks the third consecutive year that a Cognos customer has received a Technology ROI award.
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Baseline Magazine and Nucleus Research Recognize Zarlink Semiconductor with Technology Award for Outstanding ROI Results — Interactive business warehouse supported by Cognos solution delivers multi-million dollar ROI.
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A Summary of the OLAP Survey 4 results

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Cognos named a leader in Business Intelligence by
META Group

META Group’s latest METAspectrumSM report gives Cognos high marks in both presence and performance. Cognos received high ratings in several key categories including vision/strategy, awareness/reputation, investments, partnerships with systems integrators, market share, mind share, technology, execution, and geographic coverage.

The evaluation noted Cognos’ key strengths in data modeling, query and analysis, database security, ETL capability, and administration categories. Specifically, Cognos received a top rating of “excellent” in the Internet functionality and information delivery and reporting categories.
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META Group reports that Cognos has received the highest ranking in the SPEX comparative business intelligence product review. Receiving an 'outstanding' designation from SPEX, Cognos was tested for functionality, usability, and overall technology and market strength along with seven leading business intelligence solutions including Crystal, Brio, MicroStrategy, Hyperion, IBI and Actuate.
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