from DSSResources.comCognos wins 2004 DM Review Readership Award for best business intelligence solutionBURLINGTON, Mass., Nov 1, 2004 - Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management, today announced it has won the 2004 DM Review Readership Awards for best business intelligence solution. Each year, DM Review enlists a research firm to poll readers to determine the top companies serving the technology needs of the business intelligence community in specific market segments. Cognos' industry-leading Cognos Enterprise Business Intelligence (EBI) Series was selected as the business intelligence product most used in the reader organizations polled. "Each year our highly informed readers identify the companies that provide industry-leading solutions. Our readers recognize the quality of Cognos Enterprise Business Intelligence Series for excellence in business intelligence," said Jean Schauer, Editor in Chief of DM Review. "We congratulate Cognos and acknowledge them for their firm and continued commitment to business intelligence and performance management excellence." The Gantry Group, LLC, a Massachusetts-based strategic advisory and research firm, conducted an independent survey of DM Review readers from mid- May through August of 2004. Survey participants were presented with defined product categories and asked to select the vendors of products in use in their organization. They were then asked to rate these companies using a four-point scale ranging from excellent to poor. The 2004 DM Review Readership Award winners were identified based on those ratings. "We are extremely pleased that the Cognos EBI Series was chosen as the best business intelligence solution in 2004 by DM Review," said Karen Williams, Cognos vice president of product marketing. "This award speaks to the value that we provide enterprise organizations with our best-in-class solutions to improve and direct performance management." The 2004 DM Review Readership Awards winners are featured in the November 2004 issue of DM Review. ABOUT DM REVIEW AND THOMSON MEDIA: DM Review (http://www.dmreview.com) is recognized as the premier business intelligence, business performance management and data warehousing publication. For more than a decade, DM Review has provided thought-provoking and informative editorial covering strategic solutions for business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing and CRM across all major industries. DM Review's authors and columnists are internationally recognized experts in a variety of business intelligence fields. DM Review editorial provides both business and technology perspectives regarding issues, trends and solutions of interest to corporate executives and IT managers. DM Review is published by Thomson Media (http://www.thomsonmedia.com), a division of The Thomson Corporation and a leading provider of information, data and software tools for professionals in the financial services and related technologies markets. ABOUT COGNOS: Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management, delivers software that helps companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance. Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage -- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) -- achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Our integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence. Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence 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. Note to Editors: Copies of previous Cognos press releases and Corporate and product information are available on the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com and at PR Newswire's site at http://www.prnewswire.com http://www.prnewswire.com/ Web Site: http://www.cognos.com Antonietta Iafrate Cognos, 781-313-2454 antonietta.iafrate@cognos.com |