Cognos Customer U.S. Coast Guard Wins Ventana Research Performance Management Leadership Award

– U.S. Coast Guard Wins for Technology Leadership Category; 4 other Cognos customers are finalists –

San Francisco - Ventana Research CONNECTIONS 2006 -- June 14, 2006— Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, announced today that the U.S. Coast Guard has been awarded a Ventana Research Performance Management Leadership Award for Technology Leadership. Award winners and finalists were recognized this week at Connections 2006, the Ventana Research Analyst Summit, in San Francisco.

The Ventana Research Performance Management Leadership Awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated leadership in orchestrating people, process, information and technology for optimum business impact.  The Technology Leadership award recognizes the technology innovators who have creatively and holistically deployed technology that successfully links people and process across systems to impact the bottom line.

The U.S. Coast Guard implemented Cognos reporting, analysis and scorecarding capabilities in 2003 as part of a Coast Guard wide system for measuring, monitoring and managing overall readiness. The system integrated business intelligence, survey, search, portal, data warehouse and map technologies to create a single interface that provides personalized, customizable content for users to quickly locate and manipulate their important readiness data.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognized with this award for Technology Leadership,” said Commander Jan Stevens, Program Manager for the Coast Guard’s Business Intelligence initiative. “Our targeted efforts allow us to manage data as an enterprise asset while supporting Coast Guard mission execution. Whether it is managing the health and training of our military workforce or tracking the operating status of shipboard equipment, we can now connect our readiness data to decisions and actions that drive tangible results for the entire organization.”

Cognos customers were finalists across all award categories. In addition to the U.S. Coast Guard, the following customers were recognized with honorable mentions in their respective categories:

• Canadian Air Transport Authority (CATSA) for Performance Management Overall Leadership. With Cognos, CATSA has streamlined operational processes and costs for a savings of approximately $10 million (CDN) on an annual basis.
• US Army ARDEC for Finance Leadership. With Cognos, US Army ARDEC aligned business, IT and operations and helped identify an estimated cost savings of $423 million.
• ENECO Energie for Operations Leadership. With Cognos, ENECO decreased its accounts receivable balance by approximately €10 million, raised conversion rates on marketing campaigns, and gained higher process efficiencies in its customer contact center and billing department resulting in a savings of approximately € 2.5 million .
• Network Appliance for IT Leadership.

“Performance management continues to be a top management priority,” said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. “These awards showcase world-class innovators who are bringing together people, processes, information and technology to achieve the highest possible outcomes.”

“Our customers are advancing performance management initiatives to improve decision-making across their organizations,” said Dave Laverty, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Cognos. “Collectively, these customers have been able to streamline applications and operational processes, cut costs, improve data quality and align internal controls. Their tangible stories of success showcase the unique level of visibility and control that is achievable in partnership with Cognos.”

About Cognos:
Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance.

Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best practices, and a broad network of partners to give customers a complete performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization’s ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. It gives customers the ability to answer the questions -- How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? – and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while planning future business strategies.

Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. Cognos performance management 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.