BURLINGTON, MA, April 16, 2002—Cognos (NASDAQ:COGN; TSE:CSN), the leading global provider of business intelligence solutions, recently recognized fifteen of its key channel partners with Pinnacle Partner Awards for their roles in the company's ongoing channel sales success in North America.

Presented at Cognos' 2002 Partner Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, partners were recognized for their success with the Cognos solution based on understanding of the technology, sales performance, and value-add. Partners were recognized in the following two categories: Top Solution Providers and Top OEM/VAR Partners.

Solution providers receiving the Pinnacle Partner Award included:

• CD Group (www.cdgroup.com) - Atlanta, GA

• Creative Computing (www.creatcomp.com) - Providence, RI

• Initiatives Corporation (www.initiatives.com) - Miami, FL

• Innovative Systems Associates (ISA) (www.isaconsulting.com) - Springhouse, PA

• John Daniel Associates (www.johndaniel.com) - Pittsburgh, PA

• Newcomp Solutions (www.newcomp.com) - Toronto, Canada

• Sky Solutions (www.skysolutions.com) - Saddle Brook, New Jersey; Norcross, GA, Los Angeles, CA

• Stonebridge Technologies (www.sbti.com) - Dallas, TX

• Syntax (www.syntax.net) - Montreal, Canada

OEM/VAR partners receiving the Pinnacle Partner Award included:

• AdvanceMed Corporation (www.codman.com) - Reston, VA

• Deltek (www.deltek.com) - Herndon, VA

• Frontstep (www.frontstep.com) - Columbus, OH

• Financial Models Company (FMC) (www.fmco.com) - Toronto, Canada

• IDX Systems Corporation (www.idx.com) - Burlington, VT

• SSA Global Technologies (www.ssaglobal.com) - Chicago, IL

"Through these successful partnerships, Cognos is able to extend the delivery of our industry-leading business intelligence solutions to the masses," said Ted Jandl, Cognos area vice president of North American channel sales. "We are pleased to honor them not only for their high levels of sales success, but also for helping customers derive value and benefits from our business intelligence solutions across various industries, applications, and geographic locations. These winners have proven that they can deliver a high level of excellence and will remain an integral part of our overall company success."

"In our opinion, Cognos epitomizes innovation and forward-thinking in business analytics, so we are especially pleased to be recognized this year with the Pinnacle Partner Award," said James Ivy, Stonebridge's CEO. "Providing measurable value to customers is a part of our culture at Stonebridge, and it is also a predominate trait in Cognos' genetic makeup. Combining Stonebridge's consulting and implementation expertise with Cognos' best-in-breed solutions enables our clients to gain the business insight necessary to create and sustain a value-based competitive advantage."

"With Cognos, we are helping customers better manage business cycles and delivering faster and higher return on investment," said James H. Crook, Jr., president and chief operating officer of IDX Systems Corporation. "The combinations of our respective solutions and innovative practices have helped enable clients to better understand their business, to make informed decisions quickly, and to create a competitive advantage. It is a unique and powerful combination of technologies from Cognos and IDX that has contributed to our joint success."

"Cognos is and will be central to our strategy as we continue to grow our data warehousing consulting practice. We are very excited about being recognized for our success," said Gary Shiller, Sky Solutions Vice President. "Sky Solutions identifies the best-of-breed products and partners with companies, such as Cognos, to help our customers get a complete business intelligence solution that improves their bottom-line business results. By combining high quality implementation and services through understanding industry demands, we can deploy scalable, results-oriented data warehousing solutions tailored to our clients' needs."

"Deltek is honored to not only partner with the world's leading provider of business intelligence solutions, but also to be recognized with this prestigious award," said Shimi Minhas, Product Director, Business Intelligence at Deltek. "We share a common vision of providing measurable value to our customers. Undoubtedly, the powerful blend of Deltek's consulting and implementation expertise and Cognos' best-of-breed solutions provides our global clients with the answers necessary to gain a competitive, sustainable advantage."

The Cognos channel program supplies partners with the support and technology they require in order to be successful, including end-to-end technical and product support, product maintenance, and product training. In addition, the programs deliver a variety of business development tools and resources, including sales and marketing materials.