IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

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BI software that delivers more value with less complexity:


Deliver all BI capabilities from a single product


  • Single product and architecture with all capabilities: Reporting, analysis, scorecards, dashboards, business event management, as well as data integration.
  • Simplified maintenance: Zero-footprint, browser-based deployment and administration. No duplication among BI capabilities.
  • Increase BI adoption: One product meets the needs of your entire user base, from casual users to power users.
  • Proven integration: Web services architecture simplifies deployment and administration. Single, open API lets you integrate with existing security, portals, and IT infrastructure. No single point of failure.

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Serve all users with BI that matches their needs


  • BI consumers: Deliver pixel-perfect reports to their desktops with secure Web portal access adaptable to mobile devices.
  • Senior executives: Deliver scorecarding, dashboards, and reports for quick communication of complex data.
  • Business managers: Deliver all BI capabilities, with drag-and-drop simplicity and the same zero-footprint interface.
  • Professional authors/analysts: Deliver advanced features such as high-volume burst reports for distribution, full range of report elements and output types, and reporting and analysis against relational or multidimensional sources.
  • IT administrators: Deliver a zero-footprint, browser-based environment, modular deployment, consistent metadata, and access to all corporate data on a Web services architecture.

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Leverage all corporate data


  • Open data strategy and common metadata: Common business rules, calculations, and filters consolidate your heterogeneous data into a consistent business view.
  • Direct access: Leverage the information directly from existing sources including relational, OLAP, and other multidimensional data.
  • EII: Access multiple disparate data sources in batch, historic, or real time. Use the built-in Enterprise Information Integration (EII) capability or third-party integration technologies.
  • ETL: Integrate, cleanse, transform, and aggregate data for a consolidated historical view. A dimensional framework provides information formatted in the way business users think and optimized for all BI capabilities.

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IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence - Full Overview
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