Cognos provides world-class enterprise planning and Business Intelligence (BI) software and services to help companies plan, understand, and manage financial and operational performance. Cognos software is used by:

• 86 of the top 100 companies within the Fortune 500
• Nine of the top ten banks
• All of the top ten automakers
• Seven of the top ten insurance companies
• 80 percent of life sciences
• 300+ retail chains.

Cognos 8 BI offers industry-leading reporting, analysis, dashboarding, scorecarding, and event lifecycle management capabilities, providing a consistent view of information across your company.  Cognos 8 Planning delivers integrated operational and financial planning in real time, for immediate visibility into resource requirements and future business results. Cognos 8 Controller provides pre-defined functionality that helps you simplify your consolidation, compliance reporting and management reporting process.

Cognos software for performance management is acknowledged by industry press, analysts, and by our most valuable stakeholders—our customers—as best-in-class.    Hear what they have to say about the benefits of Cognos:

• Find out why Beauté Prestige International chose Cognos 8 BI, and how it will lower the costs and increase the reliability of their BI platform. (pdf) (video)



• Learn why companies such as Allianz Life, Austrian Airlines, BJC Healthcare, DaimlerChrysler AG, Deutsche DHL, Maple Leaf Foods, and more have chosen Cognos 8 BI for better performance management.



• Read how Cognos 8 BI as the standard platform for all business intelligence initiatives at Lufthansa Airlines will maximize decision-making and reduce BI maintenance costs.



• Find out why the largest chain in the convenience retailing industry, 7-Eleven, chose to standardize on Cognos Enterprise Planning.

More proof: see how Dow Chemical, BMW, American Airlines, the NYPD, and many more are improving their performance with Cognos.