BURLINGTON, Mass., May 24, 2006 -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and one of the industry's leading enterprise IT magazines, has named Cognos 8 BI a winner in eWEEK's Sixth Annual Excellence Awards program, in the Analytics and Reporting category. Cognos received its award at a special ceremony on May 23 in Boston, and will be profiled among the other award winners in the June 19 issue of eWEEK and online at eWEEK.com.

Cognos 8 BI is the only solution that provides the complete range of BI capabilities in a single product, on a single architecture. It is also the only solution to deliver a simplified, zero-footprint interface for all users, authors and administrators. Easy to integrate, deploy and use, Cognos 8 BI delivers a simplified BI environment that drives high user adoption, enables better decision-making, and serves as an enterprise-scale technology foundation for performance management, now and in the future.

"It's an honor to receive this award from a highly esteemed publication such as eWEEK," said Dave Laverty, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Cognos. "Cognos prides itself on delivering innovative new products that help our customers succeed, and this award further validates the incredible performance management and business intelligence we deliver."

The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise professionals with a comprehensive benchmark for assessing a wide range of technology products and services. A panel of experts evaluates the entries, including eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners -- senior enterprise IT professionals who act as reader representatives.

"New technology creates opportunities for vendors to react proficiently to the rapidly evolving demands placed on enterprise IT managers," said Eric Lundquist, Editorial Director. "eWEEK is proud to offer our readers solid recommendations for new innovative products that respond to these increasingly complex demands."

About Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Ziff Davis Media is a leading integrated media company serving the technology and videogame markets. The Company is an information services provider of technology media including publications, websites, conferences, events, eSeminars, eNewsletters, custom publishing, list rentals, research and market intelligence. In the United States, the Company publishes 7 magazines including PC Magazine, eWEEK, CIO Insight, Baseline, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. The Company exports the power of its brands internationally, with publications in 48 countries and 19 languages. Ziff Davis leverages its content on the Internet with a network of highly-targeted technology and gaming sites including PCMag.com, eWEEK.com, ExtremeTech.com and 1UP.com. The Company also produces highly-targeted b-to-b and consumer technology events including DigitalLife. With its main headquarters and PC Magazine Labs based in New York, Ziff Davis Media also has offices and lab facilities in the San Francisco and Boston markets. Additional information is available at http://www.ziffdavis.com.

About Cognos:

Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI 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 customers a complete performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. It gives customers the ability to answer the questions -- How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? -- and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while planning future business strategies.

Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. Cognos performance management solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.

Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Amy Shanler
Cognos, Inc., 781-313-2464
amy.shanler@cognos.com