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Cognos, an IBM company
Type Public
Founded 1969
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario
Key people Rob Ashe, GM, Cognos products, Software Group Division, IBM
Industry Business Intelligence, Operational Business Intelligence,Performance Management,Workforce Analytics
Products Cognos 8 BI; Cognos 8 Planning; Cognos 8 Controller; Cognos Now!; Cognos 8 Workforce Performance; Cognos Go! Family
Revenue $979. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Business intelligence ( BI) refers to technologies applications and practices for the collection integration analysis and presentation of business Information and Operational Intelligence ( OI) focuses on providing Real-time monitoring of Business processes and activities as they are executed within Computer systems Business performance management (BPM (or Corporate performance management, Enterprise performance management, Operational performance management, Strategic Workforce Planning involves analyzing and forecasting the talent that companies need to execute their business strategy proactively rather than reactively it is a critical In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 26 million USD (2007)
Employees 3,507 (2007)
Website http://www.cognos.com

Cognos (formerly Cognos Incorporated) is an Ottawa, Ontario based company which makes business intelligence (BI) and performance management software. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Generally a company is a form of Business organization. The precise definition varies Business intelligence ( BI) refers to technologies applications and practices for the collection integration analysis and presentation of business Information and Founded in 1969, Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos was originally known as Quasar and adopted its current name in 1982. On January 31, 2008, Cognos was officially acquired by IBM. [1]

Cognos 8 BI, which was launched in September 2005, combines the features of several previous products: ReportNet, PowerPlay, Metrics Manager, Noticecast, and Decision Stream.

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Acquisitions made by Cognos

In September 2007, Cognos announced that it would be acquiring Applix. Applix Inc was a software company based in Westborough Massachusetts that published Applix TM1 a MOLAP database server and related presentation tools including [2] It had previously acquired 4Thought, Relational Matters, LEX2000, DecisionStream, NoticeCast, Adaytum, Frango, Databeacon and Celequest, an Operational Intelligence company. Scientific Time Sharing Corporation ( STSC) was a pioneering timesharing and consulting service company which offered APL from its datacenter in Bethesda MD to users in the United Operational Intelligence ( OI) focuses on providing Real-time monitoring of Business processes and activities as they are executed within Computer systems

Products

Awards

Cognos 8 BI has won numerous awards including the eWEEK Excellence Award in Analytics and Reporting, the LOTUS ADVISOR "Editor's Choice" Award, and TechTarget's SearchCRM. com 2005 Product of the Year.

In 2007, Cognos was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, one of only a handful of software development companies to receive this honour. Canada's Top 100 Employers is an annual competition that recognizes the best places in Canada to work Maclean's is a Canadian weekly News magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics pop culture and current events [3]

Recently, Cognos has been named to the InformationWeek 500, chosen as one of START-IT Magazine's "Hottest Companies of 2006" and won "Best of Information On Demand Showcase" as part of the IBM Information Management Awards.

References

  1. ^ IBM Completes Acquisition of Cognos February 1, 2008
  2. ^ Cognos Plans Acquisition Start-IT Magazine September 13, 2007
  3. ^ Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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