IBM officially closed on the $5 billion acquisition of Cognos on January 31; just two weeks after SAP took control of Business Objects, the market-leading BI vendor.

IBM on Monday announced plans to buy business intelligence software company Cognos in a $5 billion all-cash transaction. The acquisition, which was rumored for several months, continues IBM's ...

By bringing Cognos into the fold, IBM now has a best-of-breed strategy around corporate performance management, combined with an enterprise content management platform, acquired through FileNet, as ...

Among those on hand for IBM’s announcement was Paul Valle, CIO and vice president of IT at Papa Gino’s Holdings Corp. The Dedham, Mass.-based restaurant chain installed Cognos-based BI systems ...

Rob Ashe, general manager of IBM's business intelligence and performance management unit, has had a busy year. He sold his company, Cognos, to IBM for $5 billion and has stayed on as a member of ...

What Is Cognos System? IBM offers business intelligence and performance management software under the Cognos brand. With the suite of software, non-technical people in large organizations were able to ...

And IBM, as a long-time partner dating to Cognos's inception in 1969, is Cognos's largest partner in such areas as joint sales and professional services and integration services.

The IBM Cognos 8 Banking Risk Performance " Credit Risk software is part of Cognos' financial risk management product line, which, in turn, is part of IBM's Information on Demand portfolio.

Users can run Cognos against data they keep in the IBM cloud, or against data they store on premises. A full commercial version of the online IBM SPSS Modeler will be available within 30 days.

IBM and Cognos officials declined to say just how long the acquisition has been percolating, citing regulatory restrictions. Given the statements that Cognos officials made just last month in the wake ...

Users can run Cognos against data they keep in the IBM cloud, or against data they store on premises. A full commercial version of the online IBM SPSS Modeler will be available within 30 days.