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RSS cognos in newsSlowdown on the cards for business intelligence
News There were a number of significant acquisitions during 2007, including Oracle buying Hyperion, SAP putting in a bid for Business Objects and IBM staking a claim for Cognos. The market for business intelligence (BI) tech is predicted to slow down... [14 Jan 2008]
IBM brains up with $5bn Cognos buy
News IBM has announced it intends to buy business intelligence software company Cognos in a $5bn all-cash transaction. Cognos, a public company based in Ottawa, Canada, provides tools for building business reports and business performance management... [12 Nov 2007]
Are you covered on software licensing?
News Seperately - but still on the subject of compliance - a report from software company Cognos warned that two-thirds of banks in the UK are taking a 'bare minimum' approach to Basel II compliance. With the average bank spending around €88m on meeting... [19 Sep 2006]
Microsoft bolts business intelligence to Office
News Existing business-intelligence vendors, including BusinessObjects, Cognos, Hyperion and SAS are also developing tools for scorecards and, in some cases, financial planning. Microsoft will offer analysis and planning applications as an add-on to its... [06 Jun 2006]
Military doctors to get £80m medical IT system
News The system will be developed using mainly off-the-shelf technologies such as Emis' clinical record software, which is widely used already within the NHS, and business intelligence tools from Cognos. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to spend £80m on... [27 Apr 2006]
Can open source crack business intelligence?
News The segment is dominated by larger full-service companies, such as IBM, Oracle, and specialised vendors, such as Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion and SAS. On the heels of open source databases come business-intelligence tools, with smaller... [24 Apr 2006]
KFC opts for finger lickin' good IT
News The system will run on Microsoft's SQL Server and will integrate with KFC's existing JD Edwards ERP system and its Cognos reporting tools. High street fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken has signed a UK deal with management software provider... [25 Oct 2005]
Amazon picks up an intelligent Penguin
News The online retail giant will use a range of analytics software from business intelligence vendor Cognos as part of a multi-year agreement. Amazon will use Cognos' Linux-based reporting and analytics software as well as planning tools for its... [31 Mar 2005]
IT vendors bag share of £2bn NHS IT contracts
News Accenture has now signed deals with Cognos, EMC Documentum, First DataBank Europe and Informatica for some of that technology. Cognos will supply a web services-based reporting tool for assessing disease trends, bed availability and waiting lists... [01 Feb 2005]
ING Direct buys Informatica 'single view' software
News ING Direct's platform is also made up of software from Oracle with Cognos and SAS used for business intelligence. ING Direct is using data integration software from Informatica to tie together various types of other technology at its operations in... [27 Jan 2005]
Homelessness and IT: Byte Night makes a connection
News To look outside the comfortable world of IT and have it re-confirmed what a cosseted environment we live in," said Sally Hanson, Cognos UK and South Africa marketing director. Some of the leading figures in UK technology will again be turning out... [16 Jun 2004]
Cognos beefs up consulting portfolio
News Analytical software maker Cognos announced Tuesday its acquisition of UK-based Softa, a consulting company that specialises in developing strategies to improve business performance. Cognos said Softa will improve its corporate performance... [10 Mar 2004]
Widespread ignorance rife for Basel II compliance
News Laurence Trigwell, industry director, financial services EMEA at Cognos, who commissioned the survey, said in a statement: "Although it seems that the Accord seems some way off, time is running out for banks to comply with Basel II so the level of... [12 Nov 2003]
CEO: 'If we miss our targets I'll strip off...'
News In what some may call a shameless publicity stunt, the boss of business intelligence software firm Cognos has promised to strip off if his company fails to bring in $10m of sales for the third quarter with its ReportNet analytics product. [01 Aug 2003]
Software gloom likely to continue til 2007
News For example, business intelligence company Cognos has seen its revenues increase by 25 per cent this year, the report said. The software market continued shrinking last year and is unlikely to recover in real terms until 2007, according to a report... [21 Jul 2003]
