OTTAWA, Nov. 12 — Cognos, the last major independent producer of software that companies use to analyze mountains of data, agreed on Monday to be acquired by I.B.M. for $4.9 billion in cash. The ...

Global software developer Rocket Software has announced Rocket Discover 1.5, a self-service query and visualization engine that allows business users to query IBM’s Cognos TM1 cubes and Cognos BI ...

BOSTON — IBM Corp. is making its largest acquisition ever, a deal announced Monday to buy Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in cash in hopes of keeping up with rivals in “business intelligence” software. The ...

Cognos said the addition of Applix and its products, especially its TM1 OLAP (on-line analytical processing) engine, would strengthen the profitability, customer and product analysis capabilities of ...

IBM executives said they expect a majority of sales of the pre-integrated solutions to go through IBM and Cognos channel partners. They also promised to maintain Cognos's channel program at least ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Streamline change management, because requirements and implications of proposed changes will be illustrated before implementation. Accelerate process improvements by drilling down on operational data.

One of business intelligence software's biggest challenges is getting folks to drop an Excel-based culture where spreadsheets are swapped via email. Cognos' solution: Bring business intelligence ...

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AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...