is an
Ottawa, Ontario based
Company which makes
Business Intelligence (BI) and performance planning
Software . Founded in
1969 , Cognos employs over 3,300 people and serves more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos was originally known as
Quasar but changed its name in
1982 . It has since acquired
NoticeCast Software ,
Adaytum , and
Frango .
Cognos' Metrics Manager won the
Intelligent Enterprise Award for the Best Business Performance Monitoring Solution 2004. Metrics Manager, which is a next-generation scorecarding technology, is aimed at corporate performance management. It is tightly integrated with its own Business Intelligence series of products which consist of tools like ReportNet, PowerPlay and others, and also with the Enterprise Planning Solutions.
With its latest product Cognos 8 BI, launched in
September 2005 , Cognos unites its former products ReportNet, PowerPlay, Metrics Manager, Noticecast, and Decision Stream.
