Infinium Software Embraces Cognos Information Strategy Vision, Will Bring Best-of-Breed Business Intelligence to Infinium Applications.HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 7, 1997-- Cognos PowerPlay and Impromptu products to be bundled with Infinium' business solutions for the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT Server Infinium Software Inc., (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 :INFM INFM Instituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Italy) ) and Cognos today announced that Infinium Financials for Microsoft Windows NT Server will be shipped with Cognos' best-of-breed business intelligence tools, PowerPlay and Impromptu. Infinium will also include the Cognos Business Intelligence tools with its innovative human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. application for NT to be released next year. Infinium Software, a recognized leader in mid-market business application solutions with over 1,400 high-growth companies as customers, and Cognos, the leader in Business Intelligence, will now deliver a fully integrated solution featuring full-circle analysis of corporate data with advanced reporting and query capabilities in addition to the reporting capabilities in the financial suite. Infinium Financials for Microsoft Windows NT is a flexible, feature-rich software application designed to meet the long-range strategic challenges faced by high-growth service-centric companies. The Microsoft-focused financial solution will now include PowerPlay, Cognos' award-winning tool for multidimensional analysis In statistics, econometrics, and related fields, multidimensional analysis is a data analysis process that groups data into two basic categories: data dimensions and measurements. of corporate data, and Impromptu, Cognos' enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. tool. Using the functionality of both Cognos products, Infinium customers will gain a true multidimensional view of their business with integrated data access and analysis for exploring trends and patterns. Cognos' products will also be packaged with Infinium Human Resources for the Microsoft Windows NT Server, which is in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the this fall. "By adding Cognos' PowerPlay and Impromptu with Infinium Financials for NT, we are offering our customers a more flexible solution," said Fred Lizza, 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. and President of Infinium Software. "High-growth, mid-sized companies run their businesses with Infinium applications. Now they can gain valuable insights from the data generated by those applications using the Cognos products." "Organizations must make faster, more informed decisions to stay competitive, and our products work with Infinium's applications to enable customers to analyze the data that is driving their business," said Paul Hill Paul Hill is the name of:
Infinium Software offers a full range of client/server enterprise business solutions designed to help high-growth companies meet their business challenges by delivering exceptional functionality through the innovative use of technologies. Experienced account consultants and a comprehensive 24 hour by seven day-a-week support infrastructure contribute to Infinium's 90+% customer retention rate. Infinium Software was ranked 20th by Business Week Magazine in its 1997 survey of top 100 Hot Growth Companies. Founded in 1981, Infinium Software has 20 offices worldwide, with headquarters in Hyannis, Massachusetts Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. . Infinium Software's Web site can be found at www.infinium.com . Cognos Cognos is the leading strategic supplier of enterprise business intelligence tools, allowing users to easily extract critical information through data access, reporting, analysis and forecasting. Cognos products consistently deliver the highest productivity gains to the user, the most manageable solution to the administrator, and the fastest return on investment (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). ) to the enterprise. Cognos also develops, markets and supports software tools for enterprise application development. Founded in 1969, Cognos is a publicly held company with offices around the world. U.S. operations for the company are headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,876 at the 2000 census. History Burlington was first settled in 1641 and was officially incorporated on February 28, 1799. . For more information, visit Cognos' World Wide Web site at http://www.cognos.com . COGNOS, IMPROMPTU and POWERPLAY are registered trademarks of Cognos Inc. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked, or service marked by their respective owners. Note to Editors: Copies of previous Cognos press releases and Corporate and product information is available on Cognos' World Wide Web (WWW) site at http://www.cognos.com . Product and company information can also be found at the Cognos CompuServe forum (GO COGNOS). CONTACT: Infinium Software Michael Greeley, 617/684-4527 michael_greeley@infinium.com or Amy Mizoras, 508/778-2020 amy_mizoras@infinium.com |
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