Small and Midsize Businesses

With Cognos, an IBM company, midsize organizations get the benefits of an enterprise-scale deployment—including higher productivity, greater accuracy, and better decisions—without an enterprise-level commitment.

Modular, flexible solutions

• Choose a small implementation, such as a dashboard or reporting solution, for a quick win and add capabilities as your needs evolve.
• Use the savings from your first deployment to fund the next one.  
• Build a self-service environment that lets people create, access, and modify information without IT intervention.

Quick and easy deployment

• A zero-footprint, browser-based interface means there are no Java applets or plug-ins to install and maintain.
• Cognos leverages standard Web servers, gateways, and security for smooth integration with your intranet, extranet, or through an ASP.
• Flexible delivery options that suit your budget including the IBM Cognos Now! operational dashboard, which can be deployed as an all-in-one hardware appliance or software-as-a-service model.

Lower TCO

• Solutions packaged and priced for small to midsize organizations, including the IBM Cognos TM1 for MidMarket Edition, a real-world financial performance management solution.
• An open architecture and platform that leverages existing IT assets and infrastructure, including security systems, RDBMS, application servers, Web applications, networks, and metadata.
• Cognos supports Windows, UNIX, or Linux operating systems in uniform and mixed platform deployments.
• Supports numerous standards and data sources without coding or data migration.
• Supports complex mixed application environments.

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• Learn how to speed software deployment and maximize ROI with IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints

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IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition

Online Demo

In this brief demonstration, you will see an overview of IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket's Edition core capablities, including in-memory multi-dimensional cubes, financial modeling and data integration, developing reports in Excel and publishing them to the Web, as well as the IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer analysis and visualization features.