BURLINGTON, MA, October 15, 2001—Cognos^® (Nasdaq: COGN; TSE: CSN), the leading global provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced that its enterprise business intelligence solution has successfully achieved the latest version of ODBO interface certification for the SAP^® Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW), a key component of mySAP^TM Business Intelligence.

The certification confirms Cognos seamless integration of its industry-leading Web reporting, OLAP, visualization and scorecarding capabilities with mySAP Business Intelligence solutions. Additionally, Cognos successfully passed full SAP BW variables support validation and new performance tests, fulfilling customer requirements for fast response time on large-scale SAP BW installations.

"Cognos extended the value of our SAP Business Information Warehouse solution across the enterprise where decision makers can spot trends and drill down to the core factors affecting our business performance," said Kevin Hunt, Senior BW Analyst, at Hollister Incorporated, a manufacturer of healthcare products based in Illinois. "Through our continued investment in the combined Cognos and SAP solution, we continue to accelerate the pace of business processes at Hollister and gain a distinct competitive advantage."

"Our continued relationship with SAP, the Cognos SAP Competence Center in Walldorf, and our broad solution set provides all SAP customers with their mySAP Business Intelligence solution of choice," said Patrick O'Leary, Cognos vice president of strategic alliances. "We are pleased to extend our relationship with SAP through this certification of Cognos for SAP BW. Our integration with SAP BW provides new and existing customers with superior universal analysis and reporting capabilities across the enterprise."

Cognos is a SAP strategic alliance partner and gold member of the mySAP.com^® Software Partner Program. Today, more than 100 global Cognos Consultants and partners are trained on the SAP BW integration to help ensure customers the highest degree of support and success.