- Completeness of vision and ability to execute place Cognos in Leaders quadrant in both Business Intelligence Platforms and CPM Suites reports - OTTAWA and BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced it is positioned in the Leaders quadrant of both Gartner, Inc.'s new Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant and the recent Corporate Performance Management Suites Magic Quadrant*. Gartner evaluates vendors based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. According to Gartner, "BI platforms enable users to build applications that help organizations learn and understand their business." Gartner describes leaders as "vendors that are reasonably strong in the breadth and depth of their BI platform capabilities, and can deliver on enterprisewide implementations that support a broad BI strategy. Leaders articulate a business proposition that resonates with buyers, supported by the viability and operational capability to deliver on a global basis." The full Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant report can be viewed at http://www.cognos.com/news/analyst_reviews.html. Cognos 8 Business Intelligence provides decision makers at all levels of the enterprise groundbreaking capabilities to better manage performance by delivering a consistent, accurate view of all business information. As a complete, flexible product, Cognos 8 BI easily integrates into existing infrastructures with multiple systems and data sources. Its simplified BI environment improves user adoption, enables better decision-making, and provides a robust foundation for departmental BI and enterprise BI and performance management. "Cognos gives us visibility into our data and provides us flexibility in how we need to look at it to make important business decisions that drive our organizational performance," said Michael Der, business intelligence manager, Mark Anthony Group, a manufacturer and distributor of premium wines and alcoholic beverages, including the Mike's Hard Lemonade brand. "Without BI, we would have zero visibility into the key business drivers, from internal metrics to the competitive landscape. For us, it's not just a question of how Cognos BI has improved our organization's performance, it is the minimum price of admission for successful business operations." "We believe our position in the Leaders quadrant confirms the benefit customers receive from our 17 years of BI leadership, and reaffirms our unique capabilities to support the diverse BI and performance management needs of leading global organizations," said Dave Laverty, senior vice-president and chief marketing officer, Cognos. "Our customers are embracing the promise of Cognos 8 BI and seeing true value from gaining the full range of BI capabilities in one architecture, including bringing BI to more users and driving performance management initiatives." Leading independent analyst firms have consistently evaluated Cognos in the BI and performance management space, including the recent Gartner 2006 Corporate Performance Management Suites Magic Quadrant. View these reports at http://www.cognos.com/news/analyst_reviews.html. *Sources: Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 1Q07, K. Schlegel, B. Hostmann, A. Bitterer, January 2007; Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites, 2006, Nigel Rayner, December 2006. About the Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted December 2006 and January 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendor's measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About Cognos: Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance. Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best practices, and a broad network of partners to give customers a complete performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. It gives customers the ability to answer the questions - - How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? -- and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while planning future business strategies. Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. Cognos performance management solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com/. Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Media Contacts: Carrie Bendzsa Cognos, Inc., 613-738-1338, ext. 3431 Jolene Hajj Lois Paul & Partners, LLC, 781-782-5849 Investor Relations: John Lawlor Cognos, Inc., 613-738-3503 DATASOURCE: Cognos CONTACT: Media, Carrie Bendzsa of Cognos, Inc., +1-613-738-1338, ext. 3431, or ; or Jolene Hajj of Lois Paul & Partners, LLC, +1-781-782-5849, or ; or Investor Relations, John Lawlor of Cognos, Inc., +1-613-738-3503, or Web site: http://www.cognos.com/ http://www.cognos.com/news/analyst_reviews.html Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/107867.html

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