Mold-Masters Selected To InfoWorld 100 For Cognos Business Intelligence and SAP NetWeaver Solution

– - Mold-Masters Business Intelligence initiative only makes “Most Innovative Corporate IT Solutions for 2005” List –

OTTAWA, ONTARIO AND BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, November 17, 2005 - Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM), today announced that Mold-Masters Limited, the global leader in hot runner technology, has been named to the InfoWorld 100 for its business intelligence (BI) solution using Cognos ReportNet™ and SAP NetWeaver.

The annual awards honor IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further an organization’s business goals. "IT departments continue to learn hard lessons about business realities and realistic ROI," said Eric Knorr, executive editor at large. "The InfoWorld 100 provides a forum for IT managers to get the recognition they deserve for smart projects from an audience of their peers."

Mold-Masters Business Intelligence (MMBI) initiative was recognized for enabling a coherent, enterprise-wide ‘single version of the truth’ combining data from multiple data sources, including SAP NetWeaver, into standardized reports. By having agreed-upon and shared KPIs, business teams at Mold-Masters are now focused on interpreting and analyzing readily available information instead of struggling to reach a consensus on the meaning and validity of data.

“We’re thrilled to be recognized by the InfoWorld 100 for our work with Cognos and SAP,” said Val Swift, IT Manager at Mold-Masters. “We are continually impressed with the seamless integration between Cognos ReportNet and SAP NetWeaver, which has allowed us to streamline the company’s reporting infrastructure to support our business initiatives.”

“This award is evidence of the business value our customers gain with Cognos by creating and leveraging reports from multiple data sources. Mold-Masters has been able to streamline its reporting processes by taking advantage of Cognos ReportNet’s Web Services-based service oriented architecture and effortless integration with SAP NetWeaver,” said Dave Laverty, senior vice-president, Global Marketing, Cognos. “We’re glad to see a valued customer such as Mold-Masters receive the recognition it deserves in IT,”

Winners of the InfoWorld 100 were formally announced in the November 14, 2005 edition of InfoWorld and are available online at: http://infoworld.com/3573.

About Mold-Masters® Limited:
Mold-Masters Limited is the global leader in hot runner technology. The company has invested heavily in research and development with more than 1,600 granted and pending international patents. Mold-Masters designs and manufactures the industry's most advanced hot runner systems, temperature controllers and complete hot half solutions. Their support network spans more than 40 countries, with facilities in North America, South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. For more information, visit http://www.moldmasters.com.

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.