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Cognos Cited As A Leader In Business Intelligence

Cognos, a leader in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management, announced recently that it has been cited as a leader in business intelligence, according to a new Forrester Report titled, Business Intelligence Platforms, May, 2003. The findings in this report were based on Cognos' strategy, market presence and current offering. Cognos has recently been recognized as a leader in BI by several top analyst firms, including Gartner, META Group and IDC.

Within the Forrester Report, Cognos received top scores of 5.0 for a number of criteria, including:

• OLAP
• Query and Reporting
• Real-time analytics
• Functional analytic applications
• Product integration
• Data source integration
• ETL
• Product road map
• Installed base

"The largest and most successful companies in the world continue to embrace Cognos Enterprise BI Series 7 for its industry-leading breadth of functionality, scalability and ease of use," said Rob Ashe, Cognos president and chief operating officer. "This prestigious ranking is a testament to the continued momentum Cognos enjoys in the BI market, the award-winning quality of our products and the strength of our corporate performance management vision."