CHICAGO, IL, HP WORLD EXPO, August 22, 2001—Cognos^® (NASDAQ: COGN; TSE: CSN), the leading provider of business intelligence solutions, announced today that Visibility Corporation, the leading international supplier of To Order Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, has been named a certified Cognos ADT (application development tools) Services Partner. Visibility Corporation will now offer customized services and Application support for the Cognos PowerHouse^® family of application development solutions which consist of PowerHouse, PowerHouse Web and Axiant.

"As an established software development, services and reseller with the Cognos channel partner program, this further strengthens our long-term relationship with Cognos," said Stephen Carson, president and CEO of Visibility Corporation. "We are committed to providing the specialized service, support, and solutions Cognos customers need to build and maintain applications quickly, with diminishing resources."

Cognos also announced a new version of its application development environment for HP MPE/iX customers—Powerhouse 4GL Version 8.39. PowerHouse 4GL is a leading, server-based, business application development environment. With built-in business data processing models, and support for simultaneous access to leading relational databases and proprietary file systems, PowerHouse enables rapid application prototyping and development.

"Our partnership with Visibility Corporation demonstrates our commitment to protect our customers' investments in application and developer skills by offering a solution for customized support and services," said Ed Shepherdson, vice president worldwide customer support, Cognos. "Additionally, our newest version of Cognos Powerhouse 4GL, together with recent releases of Axiant 4GL 3.1 and PowerHouse Web re-affirms our commitment to providing Hewlett-Packard customers with the tools they need to develop new applications, while protecting their current investment in people skills, application code, and hardware systems."

Cognos will be exhibiting at HP World Expo 2001 (Booth 132), August 22-24, 2001 at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. Cognos will demonstrate the latest version of the Cognos PowerHouse^® family of high-productivity application development tools for the Internet-ready HP e3000 business servers.

About Visibility Corporation
Visibility is the leading worldwide supplier of ERP solutions for to order manufacturers. The company's products go beyond traditional production-oriented ERP to offer "clean sheet design," enabling engineer-to-order manufacturers to meet customer demand for increased product options. Additionally, Visibility combines projects-oriented ERP applications to provide a powerful, integrated solution to manufacturing organizations. With offices throughout the United States and Europe, Visibility has over 200 customers and 18,000 users worldwide.