COGNOS SUPPORTS SYBASE COMMITMENT TO ENHANCED DATA ACCESS.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 29, 1994 -- Cognos (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COGNF;TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CSN CSN Crosby, Stills, and Nash (band) CSN Centrala studiestödsnämnden (Swedish: state education grant and loan program) CSN Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (French) ) today announced its support of IQ Accelerator, the new client/server data warehouse framework from Sybase (Emeryville, CA.) Impromptu, Cognos' enterprise database access and reporting tool, allows direct access of data in IQ Accelerator through Sybase's Open Architecture. "We believe that the combination of a relational data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse model and Impromptu, the number one reporting tool, forges a strong enterprise database access strategy, providing customers with interactive data access and reporting," said Alan Rottenberg, Cognos' senior vice president, client/server reporting tools. "Impromptu allows end users to interact with data, create reports and make additional queries quickly and easily, ensuring the lowest cost of support and ownership for IS." "As a Sybase Open Solutions partner, we are pleased to extend our current Sybase support of SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. , System 10, OmniSQL Server, and MDI (1) (Multiple Document Interface) A Windows function that allows an application to display and lets the user work with more than one document at the same time. Database Gateways to include IQ Accelerator," continued Rottenberg. "Cognos and Sybase products already work well together, so this will give our customers an additional degree of confidence that they can rely on comprehensive, open solutions from either company." Impromptu's database reporting capabilities are well matched with IQ Accelerators data warehouse functionality. Both products focus on high performance queries. Cognos develops, markets and supports -- both directly and through resellers worldwide -- advanced client/server development and reporting tools on a wide range of open and proprietary platforms, including UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and the Microsoft Windows desktop. Cognos is a publicly held company with dual headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and Burlington, MA. -0- Cognos and Impromptu are registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective manufacturers. CONTACT: Cognos Roberta J. Carlton or Robert B. Greene, 617/229-6600 |
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