'Powered by Cognos' Solutions Drive Adoption of Performance Management across Global Markets.--Program membership doubles; SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. customers gain competitive edge-- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : CSN CSN Crosby, Stills, and Nash (band) CSN Centrala studiestödsnämnden (Swedish: state education grant and loan program) CSN Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (French) ), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that global membership for its elite 'Powered by Cognos' program has more than doubled in the past year. There are now over 60 Powered by Cognos solutions for customers to improve and drive financial and operational performance initiatives. Powered by Cognos is an elite program for partners who deliver performance management solutions that combine Cognos technology with their deep domain expertise. The partner companies in this program represent global solutions from a variety of vertical and solution areas including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, compliance, enterprise performance and system infrastructure. Large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses benefit by reducing deployment risk because Powered by Cognos partners provide proven performance management solutions that are specific to their industry and business requirements. These solutions provide quick and easy access to operating and financial data to enable better business insight so that organizations can make effective and rapid business decisions. "Our confidence in BrightStar Partners as a Platinum reseller partner and their tenure with and deep domain expertise in Cognos technologies confirmed our decision to bring MetaManager in house," said Bill Hatch, Manager, Data Warehouse Applications at Astellas Pharma Inc. "This Powered by Cognos solution will greatly extend the power of our Cognos deployment and create tremendous value-add by dramatically decreasing the turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. experienced in many of our daily administrative tasks, and will create immediate ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ." "Concur([R]) Reporting Powered by Cognos gives Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. a powerful, flexible and user-friendly ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. reporting application," said Barbara Jones, Purchasing Card/T&E Manager for Winn-Dixies Stores. "Concur's on-demand service provides the visual tools to create and run any report, no matter how complicated or data-driven, without the need to install or maintain any hardware or software." New Powered by Cognos partners and solutions this year include: * Acumetrics Business Intelligence Inc. - Cognos CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. Head Start Solution * BrightStar Partners, Inc. - MetaManager * CBH CBH cutaneous basophil hypersensitivity. - FSPM FSPM Formal Security Policy Model (Financial Services Performance Management) and HPM HPM High Power Microwave HPM Health and Productivity Management HPM Hyper Page Mode HPM Human Performance Modeling HPM High Pressure Mercury HPM Hazardous Production Material (1997 Uniform Fire Code) HPM Human Potential Movement (Healthcare Performance Management) * Concur Technologies - Concur Reporting, Powered by Cognos (for Concur Total Travel and Expense) * DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S de Mexico - 3Pfinanciero (Planeacion, presupuestos y pronosticos) * Netpartners Consultoria e Sistemas Ltda - Distributor Relationship Management - DI-RM * Phase Forward - InForm ITM ITM See: In-the-money version 4.5 * Troux Technologies - Metis Metis (mē`tĭs), in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. Metis goddess of caution and discretion. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 242] See : Prudence 6 "Together with Cognos, we deliver packaged, yet flexible solutions to accelerate our customers' performance management initiatives," said Joe Baird, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , CBH, Inc. "As a member of the Powered by Cognos program, we have the platform and delivery mechanism to increase the value we bring to customers. The support of the entire Cognos organization in the definition, development and delivery process has been instrumental to our success." To qualify in the Powered by Cognos program, partner solutions must be developed exclusively on Cognos technology; deliver value-added benefits to customers above and beyond Cognos products; have performance management enablement as their core focus; submit new customer wins annually to maintain membership status; and have a defined promotional commitment in place and underway. "The Powered by Cognos program is a key element of Cognos' overall approach to help organizations around the world improve performance and gain a sustainable competitive advantage," said Mel Zeledon, senior vice president, global alliances, Cognos. "These partners deliver solutions focused on key areas, including industry groups, enterprise performance and system infrastructure, all with the objective of enabling and engaging their customers to better manage company performance. All members of Powered by Cognos are integral players in delivering fast, proven performance management solutions to Cognos customers." For a complete listing of Powered by Cognos solutions, visit www.cognos.com/solutions/powered_by_cognos About Cognos: Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance. Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best practices, and a broad network of partners to give customers a complete performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization's ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , packaged applications, and database investments. It gives customers the ability to answer the questions -- How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? - and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while planning future business strategies. Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. Cognos performance management 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. |
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