BURLINGTON, MA & DUBLIN, CA, August 26, 2002—Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSE: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence (BI), and Dublin,California-based eBusiness Advantage, Inc., a national, full-service Business Intelligence Services Firm, today announced that eBusiness Advantage has been named a solutions partner specializing in the integration of Cognos business intelligence with PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management (EPM).

One of the fastest growing technology firms in Western United States, eBusiness Advantage delivers on a strong commitment to implement enterprise-wide end-to-end Business Intelligence Solutions based on PeopleSoft EPM Software for Financials, CRM, Supply Chain, HR and Enterprise Service Automation.

eBusiness Advantage worked with Cognos to develop and integrate a reporting and analysis solution using Cognos Series 7 with PeopleSoft's EPM software. The solution will provide PeopleSoft customers with a jump-start on implementing and deploying Cognos business intelligence solutions in conjunction with PeopleSoft EPM, by seamlessly integrating the PeopleSoft EPM Metadata and PeopleSoft EPM Security information, with Cognos business intelligence solutions.

"eBusiness Advantage is a premium provider of Reporting Solutions with proven expertise in Business Intelligence and end-to-end Data Warehousing," said Mohamed Zakir Hussain, chief technology officer, eBusiness Advantage. "We are excited to partner with Cognos, a leading force in the industry. Our relationship with Cognos will allow us to provide superior reporting and analysis solutions to PeopleSoft customers to improve decision making and greatly impact the overall performance of their entire organizations."

"Cognos recognized eBusiness Advantage for the superior consulting services it has provided customers in the business intelligence and analytics space," said Patrick O'Leary, Cognos vice president of strategic alliances. "Partnering with eBusiness Advantage is further allowing Cognos to implement best-in-class business intelligence solutions that deliver corporate performance management."

ABOUT eBUSINESS ADVANTAGE:
eBusiness Advantage is a premier full-service provider of enterprise-wide Business Intelligence Services designed to provide customers with real-time structured access to information for strategic and tactical decision making. eBusiness Advantage serves major organizations, throughout United States and Canada, in a range of industries such as financial services, telco, manufacturing, e-commerce, insurance, healthcare and software. eBusiness Advantage Inc. is headquartered in Dublin, California and has local offices in Canada. For more information, visit www.ebizadvan.com.