Cognos Honors Global Partners For Excellence In Performance Management

– World’s leading organizations recognized for excelling at innovation, influence, and thought-leadership –

ORLANDO, FL, COGNOS GLOBAL PARTNER SUMMIT at COGNOS FORUM, June 27, 2005— Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM), today announced the winners of its 2005 Global Partner Awards. Cognos is honoring close to a hundred Cognos partners across North America, Latin America, and Europe that have excelled at innovation, influence, and thought-leadership, and who share a vision and passion for corporate performance management. The winners were announced at the Partner Awards ceremony held this week at the Global Partner Summit as part of Cognos Forum 2005. (See press release: http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2005/0627_1.html )

“Through these successful and broad partnerships, we are able to meet the distinctive needs of our customers in providing the products, services, and technology expertise that allow our customers to improve and direct corporate performance,” said Ben Plummer, vice president, Global Partner Development, Cognos. “We are pleased to honor these organizations not only for their high levels of success and industry expertise, but also for helping customers derive value and benefits from our solutions across various industries, applications, and geographic locations.”

Categories and Winners:
Highlighted categories and winners of the Global Partner Summit Awards include:

• Platinum Awards: Honors Top Resellers and Top OEM Partners for their roles in Cognos’ ongoing channel sales success worldwide. Partners are recognized for their success with the Cognos solution based on understanding the technology, sales performance, and value-add.

This year’s Top Resellers are: 2B Consulting, Aviana Global Technologies, Business & Decision, CBH Consultants, CD Group, Creative Computing, DataClarity Corporation, Dimo Gestion, DSS de México, e-Capital Advisors, Genware, ISA Consulting, JCB Partners, John Daniel Associates, Libi Associates, LodeStar Solutions, Inc., Merador, Newcomp Consulting, Niteo, Octet Consulting, Palladium Group, PCMS Datafit , RCI, Redwood Analytics, Revere Group, Scicom Computer Systems S.A., Simpson Associates, Sky Solutions, Unilog Management.

This year’s Top OEMs are: Avaya Communications, Concord Communications, Deltek Systems, IDX Systems, Manugistics, Infor, Onyx, SSA Global, Symantec, and Witness Systems.

• Global Systems Integrator of the Year: Recognizes the leading Cognos partner that provides expertise in strategy, design, implementation, and customization services related to Cognos performance management solutions. This year’s winner is Deloitte.

• Global Technology Alliance Partner of the Year: Honors the outstanding Cognos alliance partner who has set the standard for business excellence, market-leading technology, ingenuity, and customer satisfaction related to Cognos performance management solutions. The Cognos Alliance Partner of the Year is IBM.

• Technology Partner of the Year: Recognizes the leading Cognos partner that provides products, services, and technology expertise that help our customers improve and direct corporate performance. The Cognos Technology Partner of the Year is Meta Integration .

• Rising Star Award: Honors Cognos partners that are breaking new ground in solutions, business model, or attainment of market share and/or revenue. This year’s winners are: CBH Consulting, Inys, RCI, and Romulus Business Intelligence .

• Solution Innovation Award: Acknowledges the year’s most innovative use of Cognos technology by partners. This year’s winners are: DataClarity Corporation and zQuality.

• Best Industry Solution: Distinguishes outstanding solutions tailored for the specific business challenges of the commercial or public sectors by partners. This year’s winners are: Genware Computing Systems, Inca Software, and Softtek.

• Services Partner of the Year: Recognizes Cognos partners that have this year’s most outstanding implementation – demonstrated by a quick time-to-success, a well-managed project, and customer satisfaction. This year’s winners are: DSS de México, JCB Partners, and Simpson Associates.

• Accredited Services Partners : Recognizes the Cognos partners committed to our certification program. These organizations have five individuals certified as Solutions Professionals, demonstrating the organization’s commitment to providing knowledgeable consulting with the products, and in delivering solutions. This year’s accredited partners are: Deloitte, DSS de México, Genware Computer Systems, Sky Solutions, Simpson Associates, and Trivadis AG.

For more information about the Cognos Partner Program and a complete list of award winners, please visit www.cognos.com/partners/index.html.

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.