IBM Cognos Now!

Success Stories

Compassion International — Mazen Haj-Hussein, Ph.D., Senior IT Manager (Duration: 3m 10s)
Tune in and see Mazen Haj-Hussein explaining how Cognos Now! helps Compassion International aggregate data from multiple data sources across the organization to help monitor back-end IT systems, business processes and overall health of enterprise systems with state-of-the-art dashboards and its SOA compliance.
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Discover how Meetic, Europe's premier online dating service, uses Cognos solutions internally and with their partners to provide localized reporting portals and improve customer satisfaction.
Midwest ISO — Anushree Bag, Manager of Performance Assurance (Duration: 3m 05s)
Tune in and see Anushree Bag explaining how Midwest ISO implemented a cost effective operational BI solution - in days - with Cognos Now! appliance. With customizable dashboards for unlimited number of users, Cognos Now! helps Midwest ISO executives and operational workers monitor electric grid operations. Read the success story.
Wyndham Worldwide — Nick Forte, Director of Application & Integration Services (Duration: 3m 00s)
Tune in and see Nick Forte explaining how Cognos Now! helps Wyndham Worldwide to continuously monitor their online hotel reservation systems with self-service, easy-to-use dashboards.

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IBM Cognos Now! SLA Monitoring for the Customer Service Organization

Online Demo

See how continuous monitoring of operational metrics ensures real-time visibility into SLA requirements.

IBM Cognos Now! Demo

Online Demo

See how users build and edit their own dashboards quickly and easily.

IBM Cognos Now!

Fact Sheet

IBM Cognos Now! is an operational business intelligence solution that is prepackaged on a hardware, software, or VM appliance, for fast and easy deployment. Read how IBM Cognos Now! delivers self-service, interactive dashboards; robust ad hoc query, reporting, and analysis; and built-in task and exception management to support your organization's continuous monitoring agenda.

VentanaSpotlight: Operational BI Trends

Analyst Report

Read the results of Ventana Research benchmarks showing that operational BI is seen increasingly as a key enabler of performance management.

'Operational BI: Getting Real-time About Performance' by Aberdeen Research

Research Report

Companies are trying to improve efficiencies and performance of many day-to-day and real-time activities, such as customer interactions, finance and accounting processes, transportation/shipping, sales activity, manufacturing, inventory management Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), and marketing. This research report from Aberdeen Group provides a roadmap for the strategies and capabilities that Best-in-Class companies are employing to improve operational performance.

Operational Business Intelligence: Providing decision-makers with up-to-date visibility into operations

White Paper

Learn: Use cases for operational BI; The difference between enterprise BI and operational BI; Criteria for a successful operational BI deployment.

Manufacturing Quality Assurance with IBM Cognos Now! White Paper

White Paper

Find out how operational performance management with Cognos can improve efficiency, quality, and profitability in your organization.

Lowering the Total Cost of Ownership for Business Intelligence in Midsize Companies

Analyst Report

A Ventana Research white paper

Managing Customer Relationships and SLAs

Case Study

Read how a top high-tech manufacturer used IBM Cognos Now! to deploy a service-level agreement (SLA) monitoring solution for ensuring compliance and optimal case resolution, reducing response time and creating an enhanced customer experience.

Driving Game-Changing Financial Performance:A Case Study with MDS Pharma

Web Seminar On-Demand

Learn how one organization introduced performance tools and concepts that allowed it to measure financial and sales KPIs, proactively monitor business operations, and manage its business with near-real-time visibility using dashboard metrics and reports.