Cognos Software and Solutions for SAP

Overview


The right performance management solution can reduce risk, increase user adoption, reduce costs, and increase competitive advantage. Do you have the right solution?

    
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Cognos performance management solutions provide extended capabilities for organizations with SAP systems, including market-leading capabilities for business intelligence and enterprise planning.

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence is built on a proven Web services-based, services-oriented architecture and certified Powered by SAP NetWeaver®. IBM Cognos 8 Planning lets you model and build cross-functional business plans based on the true drivers of your business.

  • A complete performance management solution: Combine complete business intelligence capabilities in a single product with the breadth of planning and consolidation that users demand.


  • Support for all data and IT infrastructures: Combine data from your SAP and non-SAP systems and take advantage of your SAP NetWeaver and non-SAP infrastructure. Flexibly adapt as you simplify or change your IT infrastructure without disrupting the user experience.


  • SAP version-independent: Use old or new SAP versions and multiple SAP instances. Deeply integrated with but independent from SAP infrastructure, for increased flexibility and reduced risk.


  • Self-service authoring for executives and everyday users: Business users can model their business for planning or build their own reports to answer new questions. Gain timeliness and reduce the impact and dependence on IT.


  • Available and proven: Deploy market-leading business intelligence and planning capabilities on your SAP data now. Gain the value of more than 15 years of market leadership. No waiting for future promises.


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The Analysts' View

Ventana Research: "Is SAP Ready to BI?" – Mark Smith asks if SAP is serious about business intelligence

IDC: The requirements for BPM systems are high on the corporate radar. These solutions complement the enterprise transactional and operational environment to support strategic processes and analysis. As organizations look for the common denominators in business challenges, such as compliance, decision support, and managing performance, a BPM strategy that is holistic is key. Source: "Evaluation Criteria for Selecting a Successful Business Performance Management Solution"  More analyst views


Additional Resources:


Extending the Value of your SAP Applications with Cognos
Online Demo
See full BI capabilities within the SAP NetWeaver Portal.
Read Now
Empowering Business Decision Makers by Extending Your SAP Applications
White Paper
Learn how to leverage your SAP data with a BI platform that is complete, proven and easy-to-use.
Avoiding Performance Management Pitfalls
Podcast
Listen to Robert D. Kugel, Ventana Research, as he discusses performance management pitfalls.
Extending Your SAP Applications to Better Manage Business Performance: How Your IT Department can add Value to an SAP Infrastructure
White Paper
Learn what business decision makers need for effective performance management on an SAP infrastructure.
Easy Reporting off SAP BW
Web Seminar On-Demand
See integration points between the IBM Cognos 8 BI and SAP architectures and how Arla Foods cut reporting requests to IT by 75 percent.
SAP and Cognos
Podcast
Join James MacCuaig and Scott Lawrence on how customers benefit by combining Cognos & SAP. Learn to leverage your SAP investment, why Powered by SAP NetWeaver status matters, and how to help users get more from your SAP system faster.
Avoiding Performance Management Pitfalls
White Paper
Read what Robert D. Kugel, Ventana Research, describes as performance management pitfalls.
When ERP Is Not the Right Choice
White Paper
Ventana Research: ERP can do more for your company - but it doesn’t do everything.
Evaluating performance management solutions for SAP?
Resource Center
Read what IDC recommends you look for.
The BI and Performance Management on ERP Resource Kit from Ventana Research
Market Driven Event
The BI and Performance Management on ERP Resource Kit from Ventana Research
SAP Resources
Extending Your SAP Applications to Better Manage Business Performance
White Paper
Learn what business decision makers need for effective performance management on an SAP infrastructure.
Easy Reporting off SAP BW
Web Seminar On-Demand
See integration points between the IBM Cognos 8 BI and SAP architectures and how Arla Foods cut reporting requests to IT by 75 percent.
Extending the Value of your SAP Applications with Cognos
Online Demo
See full BI capabilities within the SAP NetWeaver Portal.
ERP Resource Kit
Market Driven Event
The BI and Performance Management on ERP Resource Kit from Ventana Research
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