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Cognos
An IBM Company

Overview

Cognos is the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and performance
management solutions. We provide world-class enterprise BI, planning and
consolidation software and services to help companies plan, understand
and manage financial and operational performance.

Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best practices, and a broad network of partners to give our customers a complete performance solution. Serving more than 23,000 customers we provide an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and database investments.

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