Burlington, MA, November 12, 2001—Cognos^® (Nasdaq: COGN; TSE: CSN), the leading global provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced widespread channel partner support for Cognos Series 7. Cognos Series 7 is the industry's most comprehensive, enterprise-class business intelligence solution, delivering an integrated user environment, with robust Unix and Windows support, scalability to tens of thousands of users, and all-new, broad-based information delivery options.

"Channel partner support for Cognos Series 7 has not only been outstanding, but it has also been widespread among vertical industries," said Ted Jandl, Cognos area vice president of North American channel sales. "Cognos has developed an enterprise-class business intelligence solution that provides functionality never before seen at this level. Our channel partners have proven that they can deliver a high level of excellence, and will remain an integral to the ongoing success of Cognos Series 7."

Cognos Series 7 has received key support from several of the company's premiere channel partners.

Creative Computing
"We are pleased to bring Creative Computing customers this eagerly awaited, next-generation business intelligence solution," said David Doucette, president and CEO of Creative Computing, Inc. "In today's economy, our customers are faced with escalating amounts of data. By teaming with Cognos to offer Series 7, we are offering our customers the industry's most scalable, integrated, and all-encompassing business intelligence solutions ever. The result is enabling organizations to put business intelligence into the hands of every user, in every department, across the enterprise and beyond."

Newcomp Solutions
"As an established Cognos partner, we are pleased to be supporting Cognos Series 7," said Michael Langton, a partner at Newcomp Solutions. "In today's economy, our customers are faced with escalating amounts of data. By teaming with Cognos on Series 7, we are offering our customers a truly enterprise-ready solution - featuring Unix and Windows support, enterprise-ready scalability to tens of thousands of users, and an unified user environment."

Sky Solutions
"Cognos products consistently deliver the highest productivity gains to the user, the most manageable solution to the administrator, and the fastest return on investment to the enterprise," said Gary Shiller, vice president of Sky Solutions. "By teaming with Cognos to offer Series 7, we are presenting our customers with the industry's most scalable, integrated, and all-encompassing business intelligence solutions ever. We see support of Series 7 as the natural extension of our partnership, and we believe it will be an important component of our data warehousing practice."

Stonebridge Technologies
"Cognos Series 7 offers a unified user environment backed by mission-critical performance and a simplified user experience combined with split-second response times," said James Ivy, Stonebridge's president and CEO. "A solution that scales to tens of thousands of users is an unbeatable proposition in today's business intelligence market. It delivers on what our customers have been waiting for. Cognos Series 7 delivers business intelligence to the masses."

Syntax.net
"Our established partnership with Cognos enhances our strategic focus on providing industry-leading information technology solutions to solve our clients critical business problems," said Michael Etinson, president, at Syntax.net. "By joining forces with Cognos to offer Series 7, we are supplying our customers with the industry's most scalable, integrated, and enterprise-ready business intelligence solutions ever."