Small and Midsize Businesses

Overview


Small and midsize businesses in a wide range of industries use IBM Cognos software to manage operational costs, improve performance and gain competitive advantage.

The right technology and solutions
IBM Cognos performance management software delivers value to Small and Midsize Businesses, enabling them to:

  • Leverage existing data investments to gain real-time visibility into business processes.
  • Reduce costs and improve efficiency across business units, operations, or product lines.
  • Track key business metrics and gauge the health of the organization.
  • Increase customer loyalty through better customer insight.
  • Gain visibility into risk positions and early warning indicators for risk exposures.
  • Replace cumbersome spreadsheet-based systems with flexible, connected planning software and reduce consolidation, close, and reporting cycles by days or weeks.

Flexible deployment
Small and midsize companies choose IBM Cognos solutions to provide flexible deployments that fit their needs and budgets, and can grow with their business:

The fastest methods
IBM has partnered with industry leaders and knowledge experts to create IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints. Blueprints provide streamlined planning, forecasting, analysis, and reporting functionality. They enable organizations to quickly align strategic objectives, operational plans, people, and activities. Most important, they help drive faster ROI and reduce total cost of ownership.

Over 3,000 partners and resellers
IBM has an extensive network of partners who provide products, services, technology, domain, and industry expertise. The broad range of partnerships allows IBM to meet the distinctive needs of our midmarket customers in purchasing, deploying, and servicing their performance management solutions—efficiently and cost-effectively.

Additional Resources:


IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition
Online Demo
In this brief demonstration, you will see an overview of IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket’s Edition core capablities, including in-memory multi-dimensional cubes, financial modeling and data integration, developing reports in Excel and publishing them to the Web, as well as the IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer analysis and visualization features.
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IBM Cognos 8 BI Reporting Demo
Online Demo
See real world reporting scenarios for casual business users and professional report authors.
Smarter Approach to Planning - TM1 MidMarket Edition
Resource Center
See demos and more on this complete financial performance management (FPM) solution.
Nucleus Research Finds 178% ROI at Envision Credit Union
ROI Case Study
Reduced labor costs, improved productivity, and increased cash for overnight investments—plus an ROI of 178%. That’s what Nucleus Research found when they examined Florida-based Envision Credit Union’s deployment of IBM Cognos TM1. Read the case study.
IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition
Fact Sheet
IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition is a complete financial performance management solution for midsize organizations.
 
SMB Resources
Reporting for Small and Midsize Companies
Resource Center
Demos, white papers, fact sheets and more.
Planning for Small and Midsize Companies
Resource Center
Demos, white papers, fact sheets and more.
Transforming the Common Spreadsheet: A Smarter Approach to Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting
Gartner Research Report
Research from Gartner on embracing or replacing spreadsheets for your budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes.
Nucleus Research Finds 178% ROI at Envision Credit Union
ROI Case Study
Envision Credit Union invested in IBM Cognos TM1—and earned an ROI of 178%. Read the case study.
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