-- Independent analyst report on performance management vendors and solutions highlights Cognos as a top-ranked vendor -- BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), a world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, announced today that an independent research report by Ventana Research has ranked Cognos as a top vendor in performance management. In the newly updated Ventana Research 2007 Performance Management Scorecard(TM) (Ventana Research Scorecard), Cognos scored 94% overall for Cognos 8 BI, the company's flagship business intelligence platform which includes capabilities for query, reporting, analysis, scorecarding and dashboarding, and event management. Cognos' overall score increased by 4.3% over last year's study, with Cognos 8 BI scoring highest for its ability to "align the business, and coordinate and drive individual actions based on information and performance targets." The Ventana Research Scorecard covers more than 11 vendors and is representative of independent analysis conducted over the past five years. Each participating company's products were scored for functional requirements and capabilities to determine the level of compliance against Ventana Research's PerformanceCycle(TM) across three categories -- Align, Optimize and Understand. According to the report, "the research assesses the maturity of software vendors and packages designed specifically for enabling Performance Management. It provides a baseline of knowledge that organizations can use to improve their understanding of how well different software and solutions may meet their business and IT requirements for performance management." "Building a robust performance management system is a modern executive imperative," said Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research. "A solution's ability to align the business involves leveraging historical benchmarks as a reference for driving change in the organization and individually. This capability enables goal setting, scoring, notifying and automating the performance management process." Cognos 8 BI is a groundbreaking product that provides decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with a consistent, accurate view of information to better manage performance. As a single product that easily integrates into existing infrastructures with multiple systems and data sources, Cognos 8 BI is a robust technology foundation for BI standardization and performance management. "Cognos 8 BI helps align and connect people and processes across the organization for more effective decision-making," said Dave Laverty, senior vice-president and chief marketing officer, Cognos. "The solution aligns all stakeholders with one reliable version of business issues, timely, actionable reports, and detailed analysis of business results for performance improvement." Cognos has been consistently ranked a performance management leader in both market share and leadership reports by leading independent analyst firms. View these rankings at: http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2006/1205.html http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2006/0110.html 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, 613-738-1440 Doreen Maciak Lois Paul & Partners, 781-782-5832 Investor Relations: John Lawlor Cognos, 613-738-3503 DATASOURCE: Cognos CONTACT: Media, Carrie Bendzsa of Cognos, +1-613-738-1440, ; or Doreen Maciak of Lois Paul & Partners, +1-781-782-5832, ; or Investor Relations, John Lawlor of Cognos, +1-613-738-3503, Web site: http://www.cognos.com/ http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2006/1205.html http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2006/0110.html Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/107867.html

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