TORONTO - May 30, 2000—Cognos^® Inc. (NASDAQ:COGN; TSE:CSN), the world’s largest and most successful business intelligence company, was honored today by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) for its significant contribution to the Canadian software community. A recipient of the prestigious 2000 Canadian Software Systems Award, Cognos was recognized for the impact Cognos solutions have had on the North American information technology industry.

The CIPS Software Systems Award honors innovation, market acceptance, demonstrable impact to business competitiveness, and overall influence on later software developments.

"Cognos is one of the clearest examples of global leadership driven by Canadian innovation we have in the industry today. Cognos’ continued leadership strongly underlines the fact Canadian software solutions are truly world class," Robert Langlois, I.S.P., CIPS president.

Founded in 1969, Cognos is an international corporation with corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, and U.S. sales headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The company operates more than 60 offices in 18 countries around the world and employs more than 2,100 people worldwide.

"Cognos is truly honored to receive the CIPS Software Systems Award. CIPS is Canada’s strongest voices for the IT community. Indeed it is a double honor to be recognized by your peers and the user community itself," said Joanne K. Masingill, Cognos senior vice president of marketing.