ISELIN, N.J., July 1, 2004 -- Niteo Partners, a consulting, solutions and systems integration firm and an NEC Solutions America Company, was recently recognized again by Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management, with a Pinnacle Partner Award for its role in the Cognos' ongoing solutions and channel sales success in North America.

Presented at Cognos' 2004 Partner Summit in Orlando, FL, partners were recognized for their success with the Cognos solution based on understanding of the technology, sales performance, and value-add.

"Niteo is pleased to have provided its customers with state of the art Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence Solutions, by using Cognos' suite of products," said Suresh Nichani, Niteo's Chief Operating Officer. "We are helping organizations tie the efforts of individual employees to the fulfillment of corporate strategy -- delivering increased competitive advantage and a clear understanding of how their role impacts overall performance."

"Through successful partnerships with organizations like Niteo, Cognos is able to extend the ecosystem available to our customers for delivering true corporate performance management solutions," said Ben Plummer, vice president, Global Partner Development, Cognos. "We are pleased to honor Niteo not only for their high level of success, but also for helping customers derive value and benefits from our solutions across various industries, applications, and geographic locations."

About Niteo Partners

Niteo Partners -- "Delivering the Connected Enterprise." Niteo, a consulting, solutions and systems integration firm and an NEC Solutions America Company, leverages Internet technologies to deliver strategic and measurable value for Global 2000 companies. Niteo's vision of the Connected Enterprise guides the development of core solution and service offerings to deliver tangible business value for our clients. Headquartered in New York, Niteo Partners also has offices in New Jersey, San Francisco, Boston, Tokyo and offshore delivery headquarters in Chennai, India. For further information, please visit http://www.niteo.com .

About Cognos

Cognos, a 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 22,000 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.

SOURCE Niteo Partners

Web Site: http://www.niteo.com http://www.cognos.com

Frank Marsella
Niteo Partners / an NEC Solutions America Company
732/767-0400, ext. 220
f.marsella@niteo.com

Antonietta Iafrate
Cognos
781/313-2454
antonietta.iafrate@cognos.com