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Cognos Delivers BI for MS Sharepoint Server Portal Customers

Cognos a leading provider of business intelligence solutions, announced the availability of the Cognos Web Part Integration Kit. The Kit provides business intelligence (BI) Web Parts for Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server and Digital Dashboard users, giving them BI capabilities within their enterprise portal applications. Web Parts are reusable components containing any kind of Web-based information and make up Microsoft's Digital Dashboard. BI Web Parts provide personalized access to secure and relevant business information, and access to queries and reports within one common user interface.

"We are pleased with the level of integration and support Cognos has delivered to our SharePoint customers with its BI Web Parts," said Gytis Barzdukas, group product manager of the portal business unit at Microsoft. "This Kit lets users integrate valuable analysis tools into their SharePoint Portal Server environment -- allowing them to quickly access, analyze, report, and share valuable business information for increased efficiency."

"SharePoint is a powerful way to bring intelligent, more informed decision making to users' fingertips -- a vision that both Microsoft and Cognos share," said Patrick O'Leary, Cognos vice president of strategic alliances. "Cognos and Microsoft together improve the power and simplicity of the Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server so that individuals can better understand and drive businesses to greater profitability."

For more information: the Cognos Web Part Integration Kit can be accessed via the Cognos Web site at
www.cognos.com/partners/strategic/microsoft/sharepoint.

About Cognos

Cognos is a leading global provider of business intelligence solutions that optimize the performance of the world's largest and most successful organizations. Founded in 1969, Cognos does business with more than 17,000 customers in 120 countries around the world. Cognos business intelligence solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at www.cognos.com.