COGNOS launches 8 Business Intelligence in India

MUMBAI: Business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM) provider Cognos has launched Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, which the company claimed to be the industry's first product that provides the complete range of BI functionality on a single, Web Services-based architecture.

David Runacres, vice-president for Cognos Asian operations, said, “Today, the revolution we initiated with Cognos ReportNet two years ago continues. With ReportNet, Cognos redefined enterprise reporting. With Cognos 8 BI, we are redefining enterprise business intelligence -- providing a solid BI foundation for companies demanding a simpler path to complete corporate performance management.”

Cognos 8 BI is based on service-oriented architecture (SOA), introduced with Cognos ReportNet in 2003. Cognos 8 BI provides the complete range of BI capabilities in a single product, on a single architecture. It also delivers a simplified, zero-footprint interface for all users, authors and administrators.

Cognos said that its 8 BI is the first BI product to eliminate barriers to data access. Extended open data access capabilities allow the complete range of BI functionality to be performed against any organizational data. While competing solutions require separate tools to view different types of data, Cognos 8 BI uniquely delivers a single metadata layer and a single query engine, providing customers with a single, trusted place for all relevant data and a complete and consistent view of any business issue or driver.

It has reporting capabilities that are suitable for business style and production and business style reports, real-time dashboards, as well as ad-hoc queries. Cognos 8 BI makes it easier for users to perform complex analysis, even against very large data sources, the statement added.

Cognos 8 BI automatically monitors data and alerts users in real-time of key operational or performance events — with information in context — via email or Web-based news items through the RSS channel. It is process-driven, and Cognos has joined with leading BPM vendors to enable right-time, process-aware business intelligence. This tight integration with BPM solutions makes it easy for users to access business intelligence as part of an established business process.

"Building on the successful combination of Cognos ReportNet and IBM's DB2 Universal Database, we are pleased to have worked with Cognos on the development of Cognos 8 BI," said Karen Parrish, vice president, worldwide business intelligence solutions at IBM. "Cognos 8 BI combines the power and scalability of IBM's middleware with Cognos' proven, easy to use analytics solutions. The focus of our partnership continues to be on delivering increased business value to customers by providing fast, easy access to critical information with a lower total cost of ownership."

Cognos 8 Business Intelligence is generally available now.

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