Cognos 8 dashboards communicate complex information quickly. They translate information from your various corporate systems and data into visually rich presentations using gauges, maps, charts, and other graphical elements to show multiple results together.

Cognos Performance management Software, otherwise known as the Cognos Performance Management Applications, are pre-built reporting and analysis performance management software modules, which are best practice designed to answer over 3000 business process questions. They are delivered as an open framework solution which transforms the right operations measures from common ERP systems into a cross-functional pool of business analysis information.

IBM acquired Cognos in 2008 for $5bn which reflects the fact that Cognos provides some of the best performance management software available today. 

Cognos 8 data integration is an enterprise wide ETL solution designed for high performance business intelligence. It optimises data merging, extraction, transformation, and dimensional management to deliver data warehouses ready for business reporting and analysis.

Cognos 8 scorecarding helps you align your teams and tactics with strategy;communicate goals consistently, and monitor performance against targets.

Cognos 8 reporting gives you access to a complete list of self-service report types, is adaptable to any data source, and operates from a single metadata layer for a variety of benefits such as multilingual reporting.


 

Cognos 8 analysis enables the guided exploration and analysis of information that pertains to all dimensions of your business regardless of where data is stored. Analyse and report against online analytical processing (OLAP) and dimensionally aware relational sources.