Cognos Recognizes MAPICS as Top Partner; Company Receives Pinnacle Award for Excelling at Innovation, Influence, and Thought Leadership.ATLANTA -- MAPICS (Manufacturing Accounting and Production Information Control System) A comprehensive and widely used ERP system from MAPICS, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (www.mapics. , Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: MAPX), a leading global provider of enterprise solutions for world-class manufacturers, recently received a Pinnacle Award from 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 : 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 (BI) and corporate performance management, for excelling at innovation, influence and thought leadership. The award was presented to top OEM/VAR partners during Cognos' Global Partner Summit 2004 in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . The Cognos Pinnacle Award recognizes partners that deliver exceptional business value to its customers through the use of business intelligence solutions. As an award recipient, MAPICS was recognized for its success with the Cognos solution based on delivering business intelligence value to its customers, sales performance and overall understanding of the technology. "We are pleased to be recognized by Cognos as one of its top global partners. MAPICS and Cognos have worked together to equip manufacturers with the tools necessary to increase their business efficiency and profitability," said Kim Treaster, vice president of global alliances for MAPICS. "By combining Cognos' end-to-end business intelligence solution with MAPICS' expertise in the industry, manufacturers receive critical, multi-dimensional information that allows them to make more informed business decisions, directly impacting their bottom line." "Through successful partnerships with organizations like MAPICS, Cognos is able to extend the ecosystem available to our customers for delivering true corporate performance management solutions," said Ben Plummer, vice president, Global Partner Development, Cognos. "We are pleased to honor MAPICS not only for their high level of success, but also for helping customers derive value and benefits from our solutions across various industries, applications, and geographic locations." About Cognos Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management, delivers software that helps companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance. Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage - Corporate Performance Management (CPM) - achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Our integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence. Cognos serves more than 22,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence 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. About MAPICS MAPICS is a leading global solutions provider focused exclusively on manufacturing. Building on more than 25 years of industry experience and proven success, MAPICS helps manufacturers be world class by gaining market share, operating at peak efficiency and exceeding customer expectations. MAPICS solutions include software-extended 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. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and supply chain management-and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . The solutions are implemented on the two industry-leading technology platforms-Microsoft and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Headquartered in Atlanta, MAPICS has implemented solutions in more than 10,000 customer sites in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit www.mapics.com. MAPICS is a trademark of MAPICS, Inc. Other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : The correct usage of the MAPICS name is all capitals. Statements in this press release or other wise attributable to the Company regarding the Company's business which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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Many factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company including, without limitation, relationships with its customers and business partners, changes in strategy, the ability to develop and enhance products and other risks detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K and other filing with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or otherwise. |
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