Cognos Appoints Philippe Duranton SVP, Human Resources.

- Brings over 17 years of global HR leadership experience to Cognos -

BURLINGTON, Mass. and OTTAWA -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and performance management solutions, today announced the appointment of Philippe Duranton as senior vice president, human resources, effective April 16. Mr. Duranton will be responsible for leading the company's worldwide human resources organization.

Mr. Duranton joins Cognos with over 17 years of experience in global human resources management and development, including senior positions with Gemplus, Vivendi Universal and Thales. Prior to joining Cognos, Mr. Duranton served as senior executive vice president, human resources, at Gemplus, a leading company in digital security. Earlier, he served as senior executive vice president, general affairs, at Vivendi Universal TV and Film Group. Mr. Duranton also served in various senior human resources roles during his time at Thales, a world leader in defense, aerospace, security and services.

"Philippe is a seasoned and pragmatic human resources leader, who brings to Cognos a depth of experience in diverse international markets," said Rob Ashe, Cognos president and chief executive officer. "Philippe understands how important our people are to our company, and what it takes to drive global leadership in the technology industry. I am also pleased that Philippe will apply his depth of experience as a key executive sponsor for our emerging business with Cognos 8 Workforce Performance. He will be a tremendous addition to our team."

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, 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.

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