Performance 2008: Coming this fall to a city near you!

If you use, support or evaluate Cognos solutions for your organization, then you need to know about Performance 2008.

This free, one-day event is open to customers, prospects and partners. It offers practical knowledge that you can take back to your office and put to use immediately, plus it provides valuable opportunities to network with peers, analysts, industry experts, and Cognos partners and consultants.

40+ cities throughout North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

The Global Road Show

Performance 2008 kicks off in Chicago on October 1, 2008. Then it travels for nine weeks to more than 40 cities throughout North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. This event is our annual global road show, and when you attend, you’ll see how to gain maximum value from your current investment in Cognos BI and performance management, even as you learn about new product capabilities and gain insights to plan ahead for future needs.

Who should attend?

Performance 2008 is the most important one-day event of the year for anyone involved in using—or choosing—business intelligence or performance management software.

IT professionals attend Performance 2008 to see demos of new Cognos solutions and learn about the latest technical capabilities. But the value of Performance 2008 is by no means limited to IT. This event showcases solutions for the “high performance enterprise” for finance and line-of-business managers as well, and shows how you can drive insight, improve decision-making and facilitate higher performance at both the operational and organizational levels.

Whatever your role, there’s a lot to see and do at Performance 2008.

IT professionals:

• Get a firsthand look at new technical features for administration, security and other IT functions
• Discover the newest capabilities of IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence
• Learn how to enable users with the full breadth of Cognos capabilities–including reporting, analysis, scorecarding, dashboarding and planning
• See demonstrations that will help you evaluate the benefits of Cognos Planning
• Learn how the integration of Cognos and IBM technologies can make your business intelligence and performance management implementations more effective

Finance users:

• Get a revealing look at the latest capabilities of IBM Cognos 8 Planning, and how to extend the value of your planning solution with IBM Cognos TM1
• See how to drive performance management and improve planning by creating a collaborative environment that governs the dimensions and hierarchies of your business—such as chart of accounts, products and customers
• Hear how IBM Cognos 8 Planning and IBM Cognos TM1 uniquely address the challenges of accessing SAP data
• Learn best practices for strategic financial planning, consolidation, reporting and implementing rolling forecasts

Line-of-business managers:

• Find out how to optimize your Cognos solutions to drive better business decision making
• Discover how to gain 360º visibility into key business drivers, and better control over the levers of performance
• Learn how to answer your most important business questions in a timely manner, and then act on them
• Hear from other business users who can provide you with action-oriented advice on delivering tangible business benefits to your organization

Register Today! Performance 2008 is free. All you need to do is register. Australia/New Zealand Asia Pacific Europe Latin America North America

What’s on the agenda?

Every Performance 2008 event starts with a keynote session that offers a pragmatic overview of how Cognos innovations help you create the “high-performance enterprise.” Then you can choose from breakout sessions covering a diverse range of topics, from leveraging SAP data with IBM Cognos 8 Planning, to BI standardization, to IBM Information On Demand (IOD) and how it helps you unlock the business value of your information.

In addition, Performance 2008’s extensive Solutions Showcase offers interactive demonstrations of products such as IBM Cognos Now! and IBM Cognos TM1, and a chance to meet face-to-face with the people who design and develop Cognos solutions. You’ll also talk with Cognos partners and consultants, and learn about services, support, and education, and see how easy it is to join Cognos user groups—the peer-to-peer support communities where you can exchange ideas, questions, and answers online.

Performance 2008—Solutions for the high-performance enterprise

Whether you’re an IT manager or professional, a finance analyst or a business user, Performance 2008 is an information-packed one-day event that will provide a significant boost to your performance management efforts.

Register Visit www.cognos.com/performance2008 for dates, locations, agendas, and registration details, and please note that agendas may vary by city. Remember—admission is free, but space is limited, so register today!