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- Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob Ashe
- Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob AsheIBM is completely missing the SaaS BI trendI wasn't surprised by Rob's comment that "BI doesn’t lend itself to SaaS" (though I suspect that the folks from Cognos' Celequest acquisition were caught a bit off guard.) But, I strongly disagree. The notion that...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, Tools & Techniques, SaaS BI, sales, software-as-a-service, Cognos Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob Ashe
- Rob Ashe, general manager of IBM's business intelligence and performance management unit, has had a busy year. He sold his company, Cognos, to IBM for $5 billion and has stayed on as a member of IBM's leadership team. Ashe's role day to day hasn't changed too much....
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Software-as-a-service, IBM Corp., Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Software As A Service (SaaS), Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Best of breed: No need for an obit
- As Cognos--and any other mid-sized software firm--gets consolidated by the elephants in the room (Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and SAP) the concept of best of breed is on life support. But the patient won't be in critical condition for long. Contrary to all the indicators, the best of...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Oracle Corp., Software Company, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Databases, Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- BI leader Cognos gets scooped up by IBM
- The thought on the street was that Cognos had to get bought soon, given the business intelligence BI consolidation land-grab of late -- punctuated by Oracle's acquisition of Hyperion and SAP's buy of Business Objects. So now Big Blue steps up to the plate, and for $5...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Leader, EMC Corp., IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Investment, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- IBM takes out Cognos for $5 billion
- Remember that last independent business intelligence company, Cognos? It's now a part of IBM's software unit. IBM said Monday in a statement that it has acquired Cognos for $5 billion, or $58 a share. In just a month the two leading business intelligence players have been acquired. SAP bought...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Web Services, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Software AG and Cognos bring BI and BPM into common orbit
- The much-discussed marriage of business intelligence BI and business process management BPM may be a step closer to the altar with last week's announcement by Software AG that it will embed Cognos 8 BI with the webMethods product suite. ...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., BPM, Software AG, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Natural 2006, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Business Operations, It Operations, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-11-11
- Five questions: SAP's acquisition of Business Objects
- SAP took a rather big plunge with its $6.8 billion acquisition of Business Objects and left the business intelligence market much smaller than it was a day ago. Here are some lingering questions that remain to be resolved: Can SAP digest a large acquisition? Business Objects is...
- Tags: Acquisition, Cognos Inc., Business Objects, SAP AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Two questions to improve software implementations
- Large enterprise software implementations are frequently complex, expensive, and risky undertakings. If you are prospective enterprise software buyer, ask your software and consulting vendors the following two questions: 1. Has your company developed an implementation toolkit? 2. Do you offer packaged, or productized, implementation...
- Tags: Software, Cognos Inc., Enterprise Software, Consulting, Implementation Toolkit, Implementation Service, British Computer Society, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- Tech earnings: So far so good
- A trio of technology companies reported earnings and provided a rough sketch of industry conditions. Here's a quick survey of the landscape. Overall, the results weren't bad--with the exception of Tibco, which turned in a poor quarter. Combined with earnings from the likes of Oracle and Red Hat...
- Tags: Revenue, TIBCO Software Inc., Cognos Inc., Accenture Ltd., Outsourcing, Earnings, Wall, Application Outsourcing, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Cognos buys Applix
- Business intelligence company Cognos said Wednesday that it will buy Applix, a performance management software company, for $339 million. With the deal Cognos can add financial management tools to its business intelligence suite. Under the terms of the deal, Cognos, which recently spoke to ZDNet about the future...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Cognos Inc., Financial, Applix Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Enterprise Reporting - The First Step to Superior Performance Management
- It's not hard to understand the need for high-quality business intelligence BI and performance management solutions. Most IT organizations have responsibility for lots of data, lots of applications -- and hundreds, if not thousands, of reports. Employees and business partners count on these reports to keep them up to date...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Report, Performance, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-05-18
- Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaS
- Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaSCelequest/Cognos SAAS vs LucideraI read with amusement Ken's comments on our SaaS offering and acquisition by Cognos. His comments are particularly rich coming from a company whose products have been in beta for ever. Perhaps you should speak with the salesforce.com folks...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Cognos Inc., LucidEra, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
- Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaS
- BI vendor Cognos has followed in the footsteps of its rival BusinessObjects in joining Salesforce.coms AppExchange marketplace this week, but that doesnt mean its embracing SaaS, oh no. UK-based title IT Week reports: "Graham Walter, vice president of Cognos in the UK, Middle East and South Africa, ......
- Tags: Business applications, Celequest, Cognos Inc., Saas
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- The Performance Manager: Turning Information into Higher Business Performance
- Research by McKinsey Quarterly confirms what most have known intuitively for some time: all jobs have become more and more information-intensive--less linear and more interactive, less rule-based and more collaborative--while at the same time employees are expected to do more in less time. While technology has helped in part, it...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-01-01
- The Evolution of the CPM System
- The definition of corporate performance management CPM has been consistent since industry analysts Gartner Research introduced CPM in 2001. CPM is an umbrella term that describes all of the processes, methodologies, metrics and systems needed to measure and manage the performance of an organization. Cognos is now complementing its solid,...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Corporate Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2005-06-01
- COGNOS Planning: Plan to Reform
- Cognos Planning offers everything you need to establish a foundation for best-in-class performance. Owned by finance, it helps define goals and creates a clear-cut strategy for excellence. It gives you the tools to turn strategy into discrete plans, budgets, and forecasts for employees and external partners. Designed for companies with...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Strategy, Business Structures, Management, Finance
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Standardizing Your Reporting and BI: Understanding the Business and Technology Trends Driving Standardization
- Reporting and other business intelligence applications are among the vital services IT departments provide. Standardization can improve business performance and increase top-line revenues by making these tools available to the enterprise with more agility and responsiveness. The Cognos suite does indeed qualify as a complete solution for an enterprise's BI...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Standardization, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2004-11-01
- Cognos picks up U.K. consulting firm
- Cognos picks up U.K. consulting firmUK has computers I am in shockUk has a computer!!
- Tags: Outsourcing, Cognos Inc., consulting
- Discussion threads 2004-03-09
- Cognos Fulfils Hefty Reporting and Analysis Needs
- Pactiv Corporation is a leading producer of specialty packaging products. Pactiv uses SAP to collect information in its manufacturing, distribution, customer service and finance departments. Pactiv used the Cognos desktop solution for four years. When the IT department made the strategic decision to move to the Web, the company wanted...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Analysis, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Hardware
- Case studies 2003-07-01
- Delivering Managed and Integrated Web Reporting Across the Enterprise to a Large Wireless Communications Provider
- The client was one of the largest wireless communication providers in the U.S.A with more than 27 million wireless voice and data customers. The customer wanted to enhance the analytical system by adding more reports and Web enable the same for large groups of report users. The users can subscribe...
- Tags: Web, Cognos Inc., Wipro Technologies, Wireless Communication, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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