"Cognos’ new Excel extensions will enable spreadsheet-oriented organizations that have been reluctant to adopt a dedicated enterprise planning application an easy transition. This is a major step in process improvement and adoption of enterprise spreadsheets for high participation planning."

Robert D. Kugel, CFA VP & Research Director, Financial Performance Management, Ventana Research

Leveraging the Foundations of Wisdom: The Financial Impact of Business Analytics

Analyst Report

IDC, a worldwide provider of technology intelligence and strategy guidance, studied the financial impact of business analytics implementations at 43 organizations in North America and Europe.

The study concluded that:

Organizations that implement analytic applications like Cognos planning can achieve a significant and rapid return on investment due to increased efficiencies and expanded business opportunity.
Three Cognos customers participated in the study and received ROI results ranging from 140 percent to 1,163 percent.
On-demand Web seminar: Selecting the Right Enterprise Planning Solution.

Hear Herman Heynes and Stephen Hunt of Accenture, and Scott Ollendick of Abbott Labs share real-world insight on selecting and implementing the right enterprise planning solution.