| Cognos |
| Headquarters |
Ottawa, Canada; Burlington, Mass. |
| Revenue |
$683.2 million |
| Date Founded |
1969 |
| Product Name(s) |
CPM suite includes Enterprise Business Intelligence Series, Metrics Manager, and Enterprise Planning Suite |
| Platform(s) |
Variety of platforms, including Windows and Unix |
| Modular Features |
Enterprise Business Intelligence, ReportNet, PowerPlay, and more |
| Key Features |
Web-based; proven scalability or enterprise capacity; SAP BW support, dashboards, scorecards, and portal; supports 25 languages; tight integration with Cognos BI and other products |
| Key Markets |
Global 3500, large public-sector organization; also small and midsize organizations |
| Key Vertical Industries |
Government/public service, financial services, manufacturing, life/health sciences, and pharmaceuticals |
| Key Partners/Alliances |
Ascential, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, Teradata, PeopleSoft, SAP, Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, Capgemini Ernst & Young, and BearingPoint |
| Key Differentiator(s) |
Products address all requirements: enterprise planning integrated with metric management, with BI reporting and analytics enabling entire management cycle |
| Typical Price |
For typical mix of 100 different-level users, generally runs $230,000, with support and maintenance |
| Other |
Planned acquisition of Frango (Sweden) will expand finance solutions in most markets; BI Series 8 due 2006 and Enterprise Planning 7.3 due late 2005 |
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