IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence for salesforce.com

Features & Benefits

The benefits of IBM Cognos 8 BI go beyond basic connectivity to Salesforce data to offer the following key advantages for IT:

• Easier Deployment: IBM Cognos 8 BI is built with a single, modern Web services architecture. The common zero-footprint, browser-based environment requires no desktop installs, plug-ins, or applets—minimizing the resources required for development, deployment, and maintenance.
• Lower IT Costs: With no coding required, IT can reduce the need for expensive, specialized resources. With IBM Cognos 8 BI IT can lower the time, cost, and risk associated with software development, customization, and maintenance.
• Reduced Complexity: Use the same technology for BI query and extraction of Salesforce and non-Salesforce data. One skill set, one interface to manage.
• Adaptability to Changing Conditions: IBM Cognos 8 BI lets IT insulate the business from changes and control the rollout of new customizations and data source access.
• Optimized End-user Performance: Create an intelligent balance between providing access to on-line data access and downloaded off-line data, thereby satisfying all business users operational reporting and historical analysis needs within a single environment. The adapter is optimized for query performance, using specialized query algorithms.
• A Simplified Business Model: IBM Cognos 8 BI enables self-service for business users by representing the Salesforce data in terms the business understands. No coding is required with the auto-generation of Sforce Object Query Language (SOQL) calls to SObjects.
• Reduced System Impact: With IBM Cognos 8 BI IT can leverage table and file caching for on-line access to mitigate impact of frequently requested queries. IT can also leverage incremental data capture to optimize the capture of snapshots for historical trend analysis.
• Effective Access Control: Cognos security features provide one controlled access method for Salesforce users that leverages web services and the business logic of the Salesforce environment.
• Faster Distribution: Reports can be published in formats such as HTML, Excel, PDF, CSV, XML, and more. In addition, IBM Cognos 8 Go! access modes help you increase business intelligence user adoption rates within your organization by letting users interact with reports, analyses, and other BI content using familiar applications or devices, such as a BlackBerry®, enterprise search engine, Microsoft Office application, Web browser, or the salesforce.com portal.

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IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence - Full Overview

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