Delivering More of What You Need

You spoke and we listened. At this year's Cognos Forum, customers participated in formal and informal feedback sessions and surveys. These sessions focused on helping us better understand your needs so we can better help you implement and use your Cognos solution. I'd like to share some of the important themes we heard from you – and how we are addressing your wishes and concerns.  —July-August, 2008

Achmea: A Cognos 8 BI Success Story

Achmea is the largest insurance group in the Dutch market and is the core company behind brands such as Centraal Beheer Achmea, Interpolis, Zilveren Kruis Achmea, FBTO, and Avéro Achmea. The shared aim of these insurers and service-providers, as part of Achmea, is to take special care of their customers. The central issues at stake here are security, health, retirement savings, employment schemes, business continuity, and employment conditions. To be able to take good care of customers in these areas, Achmea is seeking to distinguish itself as a committed, results-oriented, and innovative organization. Achmea is a subsidiary of Eureko, which employees 22,000 people and had a turnover of 14.3 billion EUR in 2006.  —July-August, 2008

Now Available: IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay

With IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay, you can maintain the IBM Cognos PowerPlay 7 user interface and features that are familiar to your user communities (like graphical analysis, drill-through, scenario dimensions, projections, and subsets) and smoothly migrate to the IBM Cognos 8 platform.   —July-August, 2008

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.   —July-August, 2008

IBM Information On Demand Event Spotlights Cognos

The IBM Information On Demand 2008 global conference is the premier information management event for business and IT professionals. You simply won't find a better opportunity to learn the absolute latest information about IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, IBM Cognos 8 Planning and other Cognos products, and how to take advantage of complementary IBM solutions.  —July-August, 2008

Pitney Bowes MapInfo Unveils Location Intelligence Component for IBM Cognos 8 BI Software

Pitney Bowes MapInfo, the leading global provider of location intelligence solutions, has introduced the Location Intelligence Component (LIC) for IBM® Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software. The LIC allows customers in all industries to incorporate location analysis into their IBM Cognos 8 BI applications to more efficiently monitor and analyze their enterprise data.  —July-August, 2008

IBM Cognos 8 BI Now Available for Linux on System z

As BI solutions gain enterprise-wide adoption, organizations are looking for a solution with capabilities that enable the business to receive relevant information when, where or how they need it, while ensuring IT can cost-effectively scale to meet growing user demands. Organizations are looking for an open business intelligence (BI) platform that fits with their enterprise infrastructure and addresses business needs—while not adding to existing IT complexity.  —July-August, 2008