Cognos Sets Record Attendance at
Forum 2005 User Conference

– Conference for IT and Finance professionals showcases customers, partners and products –

ORLANDO, FL, COGNOS FORUM, June 27, 2005— More than 2,000 attendees worldwide have gathered at Cognos Forum from June 27-30 to hear from leading industry analysts, Cognos customers, Cognos partners, and senior executives on the latest trends and innovations in business intelligence, enterprise planning, and corporate performance management (CPM).

The event, which has set a new record for attendance, is taking place in Orlando, Florida, and includes insightful case studies, several keynote sessions, technical how-tos, and hands-on labs to help attendees achieve maximum business performance with Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and CPM.

“Our mission is to make our customers the best decision-makers in the world,” said Rob Ashe, president and chief executive officer, Cognos. “Cognos Forum helps customers better understand how their Cognos solutions and Cognos partner applications can streamline business performance and deliver a richer return on investment.”

Cognos senior executives will discuss strategies for improving and managing performance across organizations using enterprise business intelligence, performance planning, and scorecarding solutions. Sessions will cover:

• Critical strategies and technologies that underpin corporate performance management
• How companies are realizing the benefits of CPM through higher performance
• Meeting increased system demands on IT and Finance from compliance requirements
• Insights gained from the successes of customers and partners across industries including transportation, energy, healthcare, consumer goods manufacturing, defense and U.S. Federal Government

Cognos will also showcase Cognos 8 Business Intelligence to Forum 2005 attendees, which was shipped on schedule to beta customers beginning in early June. Cognos 8 is the complete Business Intelligence and scorecarding solution that enables organizations to standardize their information delivery enterprise-wide to improve the decision-making process.

In a general session keynote, Tom Peters, called the guru of management by Fortune Magazine, will also challenge many of the old conventions and paradigms of business in his presentation titled, “Reimagine: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age.” He'll draw on decades of research, analysis and experience to chart a new course for business, people, and technology.

Accenture and Deloitte are the two platinum sponsors of Cognos Forum 2005. Gold sponsors include Cognos partners Envisn and Niteo Partners.

“We are proud to be a Platinum sponsor of Cognos Forum 2005,” said Paul Robinson, global managing partner, consulting, Deloitte. “Deloitte is focused on providing our clients with the best, most efficient and effective solutions that improve business processes while meeting the demands of today’s large enterprises. Cognos’ CPM solution delivers the advanced functionality organizations need to better manage and predict the performance of their business. Cognos and Deloitte is a terrific match - driving performance management and improvement."

Cognos Forum 2005 caters to all levels of Cognos users, delivering more than 90 breakout sessions with the largest pool of sessions in Cognos Forum's history.

About Cognos:

Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage - Corporate Performance Management (CPM) - achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Our integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence.

Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence and performance management solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.