VANCOUVER, BC, June 14, 2001—A new partnership between UBC Commerce and Cognos^®, (Nasdaq: COGN; TSE: CSN), the world's largest and most successful business intelligence company, is bringing leading-edge business information tools to the classroom and enhancing real-world training capabilities.

Working closely with Cognos technical support, the Management Information Division at UBC Commerce will now provide students with direct access to and training with the Cognos Business Intelligence solution.

Cognos is used by organizations worldwide to perform sophisticated analysis on business data. Each year, 160 students will investigate how to extract and analyze business data and how to use this to create business improvement strategies using Cognos' business intelligence. The program is already in use in UBC Commerce curriculum.

Cognos' unique drill-down capabilities allow companies to analyze business data and extract insights to help business processes, improve customer acquisition and retention, strengthen the supply chain, and manage corporate key performance indicators.

"UBC Commerce is leading the way in partnering with industry to provide real-world experience for our students," says Daniel Muzyka, Dean of UBC Commerce. "With the high tech sector introducing new business applications, UBC wants to ensure our students stay on top by providing them with access to the latest software applications. This partnership with Cognos will enable us to do that."

Cognos business development officer David Pattenden will also be a regular guest lecturer in UBC Commerce's MBA program and will teach students how to apply the power of business intelligence software to solve real-life business problems.

"This partnership with UBC Commerce will allow Cognos to educate tomorrow's business leaders about the powerful benefits delivered by Cognos business intelligence solutions," says Dennis Murphy, Cognos area vice president, Canada. "We embrace this opportunity to supplement UBC Commerce's curriculum with our market-leading technology."

About UBC Commerce
As one of the world's leading business faculties, UBC Commerce represents the future of management thinking. Combining award-winning research, an outstanding faculty, and unmatched global partnerships, UBC Commerce generates new business knowledge, fuels organizations with innovative ideas, and graduates tomorrow's business leaders. The Faculty has more than 1,750 students in Bachelor's, Masters and PhD programs and boasts 33,000 alumni in 60 countries." For more information, visit the UBC Commerce website at www.commerce.ubc.ca.

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