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	<description>The latest news from Cognos the world leader in Business Intelligence and Performance Management solutions.</description> 
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:00 EST</pubDate> 
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 <title>IBM Launches Cognos 8 V4 - New Business-Driven Performance Management Software </title>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today unveiled IBM Cognos 8 v4 which extends IBM's Information on Demand strategy to help customers improve their ability to engage the business user through a more dynamic and interactive experience, inform their decision making with greater context and relevance and align their strategy and operations through complete visibility to targets, plans, forecasts and metrics across finance and operations.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>New IBM Cognos BI Software Gives Business Users Personalized View Of Strategic Information</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/1002-2.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today unveiled major enhancements to its IBM Cognos 8 Go! software portfolio.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>IBM Launches New Dimension Management Software For Business Users</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/1002-3.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today unveiled new collaborative business modeling software for business users to create, maintain, govern and share business perspectives and quickly organize strategic information for improved decision-making and performance management.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>New IBM Cognos Analytic Application Enables Quick, Actionable Insights into Financial Performance</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/1002-4.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management, today unveiled a new analytic application designed to provide organizations with fast, actionable insights into financial performance using fully-configurable reports.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Unveils New Version of TM1 for Financial Performance Management</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0910.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company and a world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced the availability of IBM Cognos TM1 9.4, an enhanced version of its performance management solution for enterprise and mid-market organizations.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Positioned as a Leader in Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms Report</title>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company, and a world leader in business intelligence and performance management, today announced that Forrester Research, Inc. has recognized Cognos as a market leader in BI reporting and analysis platforms, according to the July 2008 report The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2008. Forrester cited Cognos as a leader based on the company's strategy, market presence, and current offering of Cognos 8 BI v8.3.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>IBM Unveils Cognos Business Intelligence Software For Mainframe Customers</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0630.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software is now  available, for the first time, for Linux on System z.</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Software Helps Creativity Inc. Win TechTarget 2008 Midmarket It Leadership Award</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0618.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, announced today that Creativity Inc. VP of IT, Jim Mulholland, has won a TechTarget® Midmarket IT Leadership Award for successfully executing a variety of IT initiatives, including the implementation of an enterprise-wide performance management system, that led to significant productivity gains.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Hess Corporation Selects IBM Cognos Software As Business Intelligence Standard</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0612.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that Hess Corporation has chosen IBM Cognos BI to deliver a full range of business intelligence capabilities across its Marketing and Refining organization.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Intermec Selects IBM Cognos 8 Controller For Financial Consolidation &amp; Corporate Reporting</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0604.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that Intermec has selected IBM Cognos 8 Controller to automate  and manage its financial consolidation and corporate reporting processes.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Aon Automates Sales Lead Generation Globally To Improve Business Performance</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0530.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, has announced that Aon, the leading provider of global risk management and consulting services, has chosen to implement IBM  Cognos 8 BI for Salesforce.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Customers Honored At Cognos Forum 2008</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0514.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today awarded seven of its customers with  Cognos Performance Leaders Awards.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Forum 2008 User Conference Draws Record Attendance From IT and Financial Professionals Worldwide</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/2008-05-13-1.html</link>
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 <description>A record number of attendees worldwide have  gathered at Cognos Forum 2008 to hear from leading industry analysts, Cognos customers, and senior IBM and Cognos executives on the latest trends and innovations in business intelligence and performance management.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Honors Global Partners For Excellence In Performance Management Innovation</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/2008-05-13-2.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today announced the winners of its 2008 Global Partner Awards. Cognos recognized partners from across North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and EMEA for performance management innovation and excellence. The winners were announced at the Global Partner Summit as part of Cognos Forum 2008.</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Launches New Book On Proven Practices In Insurance Performance Management</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/2008-05-13-3.html</link>
 <guid>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/2008-05-13-3.html</guid>
 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, has partnered with industry thought leaders on a new book offering critical insights and proven practices in insurance performance management.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Taps Partner Community to Accelerate Industry Growth</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0512.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today announced it is aggressively pursuing industry alliances to fuel business growth. Building on the domain expertise offered by its expanding community of partners, Cognos has set its sights on emerging opportunities across all major industry areas, including financial services, public sector, retail and life sciences.</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>IBM Cognos Now! Is Mds Pharma Services’ Choice To Drive Greater Visibility Into Sales Performance</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0506.html</link>
 <guid>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0506.html</guid>
 <description>Cognos, today announced that MDS Pharma Services has selected IBM Cognos Now! to track and analyze sales performance across its lines of business.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>IBM Cognos Performance Management Software Helps Banks Efficiently Price New Deals To Improve Profitability</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0428.html</link>
 <guid>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0428.html</guid>
 <description>Cognos, today announced the launch of a new performance application designed  to help commercial bankers efficiently price new deals, taking into  consideration associated risk factors and the profitability of the overall  customer relationship.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Honors Public Sector Customers For Exceptional Achievement In Performance Management</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0424.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, today announced it has awarded its Global Public Sector Leadership Awards to five customers who have demonstrated outstanding success in organizational performance management using IBM Cognos software.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Study Group International Selects IBM Cognos Software For Global Performance Management</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0408.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos today announced that Study Group, an Australian headquartered and global leader in international education, has selected IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos 8 Planning as the performance management standard for streamlining its worldwide operational forecasting, budgeting and planning.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Telus Selects IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Software as Enterprise Standard</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0331.html</link>
 <guid>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0331.html</guid>
 <description>Cognos today announced that TELUS  has established IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software as its  enterprise-wide standard for performance reporting, analysis, event and metrics  management.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Major League Baseball Players Association Analyzes Complex Baseball Statistics with IBM Cognos Software</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0328.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the collective bargaining representative for all active Major League Baseball players, has selected IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer to help analyze data.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:30 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Leading OEM Partners Rely On Cognos Solutions to Broaden and Strengthen Core Product Offerings</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0327.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that leading OEMs continue to use IBM Cognos performance management solutions to drive greater business value and strategic advantage for customers.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 8:00 EDT</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos and SPSS Forge Partnership to Deliver Predictive Analytics Integration</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0311.html</link>
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 <description>SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of Predictive Analytics software, and Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced a complementary software partnership to provide integration between IBM Cognos 8 BI and SPSS Predictive Analytics technology.</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:30 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>L'Occitane en Provence chooses IBM Cognos 8 BI and Planning as Performance Optimization Standard</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0305.html</link>
 <guid>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0305.html</guid>
 <description>Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that the L'Occitane en Provence group has chosen IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos 8 Planning as the framework of its global performance management project.</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Great Clips Selects IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Software For Retail Reporting And Analysis</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0219.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that Minneapolis-based Great Clips has selected IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) as its standard to streamline operational reporting and analysis.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Global Partner Community Supports IBM Acquisition Of Cognos</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0206.html</link>
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 <description>Alliance, technology and channel partners worldwide expressed their support of IBM's acquisition of Cognos in statements following the January 31, 2008 announcement regarding the completion of the purchase of Cognos by IBM (NYSE: IBM).</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Positioned In Leaders Quadrant In New Analyst Report</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0204.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos, an IBM company and a world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced it is positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s new 2008 Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant.</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>IBM Completes Acquisition Of Cognos</title>
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 <description>IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN), a publicly-held company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. IBM will reveal its business strategy for the Cognos acquisition during a press briefing on February 6.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Canadian Minister of Industry Approves Acquisition of Cognos by IBM under the Investment Canada Act</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0131-1.html</link>
 <guid>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0131-1.html</guid>
 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that International Business Machines Corporation has received approval from the Canadian Minister of Industry under the Investment Canada Act of the previously-announced arrangement whereby an indirect subsidiary of IBM will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Cognos for US$58.00 in cash for each Cognos common share.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:55 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Leading Canadian Healthcare Provider Leverages Cognos Expertise Across Multi-Hospital Site</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0129.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) announced today that University Health Network (UHN), one of Canada’s largest teaching hospitals, is rolling out Cognos’ BI software to enable more timely performance reporting, measurement and analysis and help improve and measure the success of its health care delivery.</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 8:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Omnicom Selects Cognos Performance Management Solution</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0128-1.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that Omnicom Group Inc.(NYSE:  OMC) has selected Cognos as a preferred vendor of software and services and is continuing to successfully implement Cognos enterprise planning and reporting capabilities. </description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 8:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos TM1 Yields Improved Agility And Efficiency For Envision Credit Union</title>
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 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that Cognos TM1 enables Envision Credit Union, a Florida-based financial institution, to improve the overall efficiency of its finance department processes while simultaneously improving the quality and timeliness of reporting, and analysis of business performance.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 8:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>European Commission Approves Acquisition of Cognos by IBM</title>
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 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that the European Commission has approved  the previously-announced arrangement whereby an indirect subsidiary of International  Business Machines Corporation will acquire all of the  outstanding common shares of Cognos for US$58.00 in cash for each Cognos common  share.</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:30 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos and Deloitte Strategic Alliance Delivers Integrated Performance Management for Global Enterprise Clients</title>
 <link>http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2008/0121.html</link>
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 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) , and Deloitte, a charter member of the Cognos Global Partner program, announced today their strategic alliance continues to extend performance management excellence to customers worldwide.</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 8:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Court Approves Acquisition of Cognos by IBM</title>
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 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a final order approving the previously-announced arrangement whereby an indirect subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Cognos for US$58.00 in cash for each Cognos common share.</description>
 <category>News Releases</category> 
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:30 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Cognos Advances Performance Management Offerings for Customers</title>
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 <description>Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) continues to extend its higher education market  leadership, announcing today the launch of a new performance solution designed  to help colleges and universities drive more efficient faculty salary and  position planning.</description>
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