Cognos SVP Renee Lorton Named One of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance for 2006

– Highlighted By Treasury & Risk Management Magazine for Leadership in Performance Managements –

OTTAWA, ON and BURLINGTON, MA - June 15, 2006— Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that Renee Lorton, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Performance Management Applications, has been named as one of Treasury & Risk Management’s 100 Most Influential People in Finance. The testament appears in the June issue.

“Singling out the 100 most influential people in finance each year is probably Treasury & Risk Management’s hardest task. The editors speak to a raft of industry thought leaders including executives, bankers, economists, and consultants to come up with the final list,” said Treasury & Risk Management Editorial Director Pat Wechsler.

Ms. Lorton joined Cognos in January 2006 to spearhead the company’s growing Performance Management Applications business. She has more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in the enterprise software and performance management industries, including her former role as senior vice president and general manager at PeopleSoft. She has also served as global chief information officer, financial advisory services practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

“Customers are dealing with intense pressures that call for both a high level of performance improvement and a lower cost, more sustainable compliance regimen. Leveraging technology is the key ingredient in resolving this dilemma,” said Lorton. “Today’s systems and processes for reporting, analysis, planning and consolidation are largely unconnected, intensely manual, spreadsheet-driven and risk laden. But world-class companies have already begun to migrate these systems and processes to enterprise class technology that automates and connects performance management across the enterprise and across industries. Cognos is committed to arming our customers with best-practice-based performance management solutions, and the necessary resources and thought leadership to help them on this journey.”

For the full article online, please visit: http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/issues/2006_06/careers/536-1.html

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.