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IBM Cognos 8 BI, initially launched in Revenue $979.26 million USD (2007)
September 2005, combined the features of Employees 3,507 (2007)
several previous products, including
ReportNet, PowerPlay, Metrics Manager, Website http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/
NoticeCast, and DecisionStream. (http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/)
IBM Cognos Express, launched in September 2009, is an integrated business intelligence (BI) and
planning solution purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies.
Contents
■ 1 Acquisitions made by Cognos
■ 2 Products
■ 3 Federal investigation
■ 4 Awards
■ 5 References
■ 6 External links
Products
■ Business Intelligence
■ IBM Cognos 8 BI
■ Report Studio (Professional report authoring tool formatted for the web)
■ Query Studio (Ad hoc report authoring tool with instant data preview)
■ Analysis Studio (Explore multi-dimensional cube data to answer business questions)
■ Metric Studio (Monitor, analyze, and report on KPIs)
■ Metric Designer (Define, load, and maintain metrics to be available in Metric Studio)
■ Event Studio (Action based agents to notify decision makers as events happen)
■ Framework Manager (Semantic metadata layer tool which creates models or
packages)
■ PowerPlay Studio (formerly PowerPlay Web)
■ IBM Cognos Express
■ Cognos Express Reporter (Self-service reporting and ad hoc query)
■ Cognos Express Advisor (Freeform analysis and visualization)
■ Cognos Express Xcelerator (Microsoft Excel-based planning and business analysis)
■ IBM Cognos Now! Monitor
■ Extended BI
■ IBM Cognos Go! Search
■ IBM Cognos Go! Office
■ IBM Cognos Go! Mobile
■ IBM Cognos PowerPlay Transformer
■ IBM Cognos 8 Data Manager (formerly DecisionStream)
■ Financial Performance Management
■ IBM Cognos 8 Planning
■ Cognos Analyst
■ Cognos Contributor
■ IBM Cognos 8 Controller
■ IBM Cognos TM1 (formerly Applix TM1)
■ IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer (formerly Applix TM1 Executive Viewer and
Temtec's Executive Viewer)
■ IBM Cognos Finance (formerly LEX2000)
■ IBM Cognos 8 Business Viewpoint (dimension management tool released November 27,
2008)
■ IBM Cognos Series 7
■ IBM Cognos PowerPlay for Windows
■ IBM Cognos PowerPlay Web
■ IBM Cognos PowerPlay Transformer
■ IBM Cognos Query
■ IBM Cognos 7 Impromptu
Federal investigation
In August 2007, the Massachusetts state Information Technology Division awarded Cognos a $13
million dollar contract for performance management software. This followed a 2006 $4.5 million dollar
state contract awarded to Cognos by the Massachusetts Department of Education. These contracts came
under scrutiny from the State Ethics Commission and the office of state Inspector General Gregory
Sullivan when several conflicts of interest surrounding Speaker of the Massachusetts House of
Representatives Salvatore DiMasi and his accountant Richard Vitale came to light. In the course of these
investigations, a payoff from former Cognos sales executive Joseph Lally in the amount of $600,000
was found to have been made to Vitale's company WN Advisors. Vitale and WN Advisors were not
registered as state lobbyists and did not disclose the payments, the bulk of which were apparently made
on the same day that the state wired funds for the multimillion dollar contracts to Cognos. The
disposition of the funds has not been disclosed and the State has rescinded the contracts. IBM, which did
not own Cognos when these contracts went into place, has refunded all paid monies and is cooperating
with the state investigations. A second close associate of DiMasi's, lawyer Steven Topazio, was placed
on a two year $5,000 a month retainer for unspecified purposes. This retainer stopped the same month as
the second Cognos contract was awarded.[3]
In addition to the payoffs made to close associates of DiMasi, it is known that Vitale helped arrange a
below-market mortgage for DiMasi, which violated state Ethics laws.
On December 17, 2008, the Boston Globe confirmed that the State investigations were being joined by a
Federal Grand Jury probe investigating the allegations and potential violations of Federal law. On June
2, 2009, DiMasi, Vitale, Lally, and Cognos lobbyist Richard McDonough were indicted "on a battery
of...corruption charges" as a result of that probe.[4]
Awards
IBM Cognos 8 BI has won numerous awards including the eWEEK Excellence Award in Analytics and
Reporting, the LOTUS ADVISOR "Editor's Choice" Award, and TechTarget's SearchCRM.com 2005
Product of the Year.
In 2007, Cognos was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine,
one of only a handful of software development companies to receive this honour.[5]
Prior to being acquired, Cognos had been named to the InformationWeek 500, chosen as one of START-
IT Magazine's "Hottest Companies of 2006" and won "Best of Information On Demand Showcase" as
part of the IBM Information Management Awards.
References
1. ^ IBM Completes Acquisition of Cognos February 1, 2008 (http://www-
03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23423.wss)
2. ^ Cognos Plans Acquisition Start-IT Magazine September 13, 2007
(http://www.specialtypub.com/startit/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=6077&SECTION=2)
3. ^ Cognos Deals Face Federal Scrutiny
(http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/17/cognos_deals_face_federal_scrutiny/)
December 17, 2008
4. ^ DiMasi, 3 associates charged with rigging of state contracts
(http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/03/dimasi_three_associates_indicted_on_
June 3, 2009
5. ^ "Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers" (http://www.eluta.ca/einfo?
en=Cognos+Incorporated&ri=a2baf9fd8013a601f7f4949c9b164ac0&rk=9e94dbb1b2641331e5a85c7d340e66
http://www.eluta.ca/einfo?
en=Cognos+Incorporated&ri=a2baf9fd8013a601f7f4949c9b164ac0&rk=9e94dbb1b2641331e5a85c7d340e66
External links
■ Official site (http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/)
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