Ottawa, ON, Nov. 13, 2003—Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management, today announced that it has been chosen as the top independent software vendor (ISV) by Canada's premier reseller publication, Computer Dealer News. Cognos has been selected for this prestigious honor for its year-over-year revenue growth, commitment to customer success, partner success, and industry excellence in the Canadian marketplace.

"Cognos continues to deliver enterprise value and demonstrable return on investment to its customers and partners, specifically with the recent launch of the Cognos Partner Program, a global partner framework that allows partners to increase revenue and market share, expand their business, and lower their costs," said Paolo Del Nibletto, editor, Computer Dealer News. "This ranking clearly shows that Cognos is strengthening its leadership position in the corporate performance management market in the minds of business and IT executives."

"It is an honor to be selected by Computer Dealer News for our continued contributions to the Canadian software industry," said Dave Laverty, senior vice president of global marketing, Cognos. "Our customers in Canada - and around the globe - rely on our solutions to deliver the corporate performance needed to create new business opportunities. Whether they choose to apply our software strategically on an enterprise scale, or leverage it as a point solution to address key operational requirements, our customers use us to better monitor, understand, and drive the successful performance of their business."

Cognos has recently secured a number of top honors for innovation and leadership, which include being selected by Start Magazine as one of the Hottest Companies of 2003. For more information on Cognos' awards, please visit http://www.cognos.com/news/awards/index.html.

About Computer Dealer News
Computer Dealer News (CDN) established in May 1985 as Canada's premier reseller publication, can be defined as the most important source of information for the reseller channel. Published 18 times a year, CDN is designed to provide resellers with timely, comprehensive coverage of news, events and issues that affect their businesses. CDN's circulation provides unrivaled coverage of the reseller channel including value added resellers, systems integrators, consultants, dealers, software developers, distributors and manufacturers. CDN has devoted more resources than any other publication in Canada covering the news and events shaping the reseller channel.