Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software is now available, for the first time, for Linux on System z.

Cognos, an IBM company, announced today that Creativity Inc. VP of IT, Jim Mulholland, has won a TechTarget® Midmarket IT Leadership Award for successfully executing a variety of IT initiatives, including the implementation of an enterprise-wide performance management system, that led to significant productivity gains.

Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that Hess Corporation has chosen IBM Cognos BI to deliver a full range of business intelligence capabilities across its Marketing and Refining organization.

Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that Intermec has selected IBM Cognos 8 Controller to automate and manage its financial consolidation and corporate reporting processes.

Cognos, an IBM company, has announced that Aon, the leading provider of global risk management and consulting services, has chosen to implement IBM Cognos 8 BI for Salesforce.

Cognos, an IBM company, today awarded seven of its customers with Cognos Performance Leaders Awards.

A record number of attendees worldwide have gathered at Cognos Forum 2008 to hear from leading industry analysts, Cognos customers, and senior IBM and Cognos executives on the latest trends and innovations in business intelligence and performance management.

Cognos, an IBM company, today announced the winners of its 2008 Global Partner Awards. Cognos recognized partners from across North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and EMEA for performance management innovation and excellence. The winners were announced at the Global Partner Summit as part of Cognos Forum 2008.

Cognos, an IBM company, has partnered with industry thought leaders on a new book offering critical insights and proven practices in insurance performance management.

Cognos, an IBM company, today announced it is aggressively pursuing industry alliances to fuel business growth. Building on the domain expertise offered by its expanding community of partners, Cognos has set its sights on emerging opportunities across all major industry areas, including financial services, public sector, retail and life sciences.

Cognos, today announced that MDS Pharma Services has selected IBM Cognos Now! to track and analyze sales performance across its lines of business.

Cognos, today announced the launch of a new performance application designed to help commercial bankers efficiently price new deals, taking into consideration associated risk factors and the profitability of the overall customer relationship.

Cognos, today announced it has awarded its Global Public Sector Leadership Awards to five customers who have demonstrated outstanding success in organizational performance management using IBM Cognos software.

Cognos today announced that Study Group, an Australian headquartered and global leader in international education, has selected IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos 8 Planning as the performance management standard for streamlining its worldwide operational forecasting, budgeting and planning.

Cognos today announced that TELUS has established IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software as its enterprise-wide standard for performance reporting, analysis, event and metrics management.

Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the collective bargaining representative for all active Major League Baseball players, has selected IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer to help analyze data.

Cognos, an IBM company, today announced that leading OEMs continue to use IBM Cognos performance management solutions to drive greater business value and strategic advantage for customers.

SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of Predictive Analytics software, and Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced a complementary software partnership to provide integration between IBM Cognos 8 BI and SPSS Predictive Analytics technology.

Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that the L'Occitane en Provence group has chosen IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos 8 Planning as the framework of its global performance management project.

Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that Minneapolis-based Great Clips has selected IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) as its standard to streamline operational reporting and analysis.

Alliance, technology and channel partners worldwide expressed their support of IBM's acquisition of Cognos in statements following the January 31, 2008 announcement regarding the completion of the purchase of Cognos by IBM (NYSE: IBM).

Cognos, an IBM company and a world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced it is positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s new 2008 Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN), a publicly-held company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. IBM will reveal its business strategy for the Cognos acquisition during a press briefing on February 6.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that International Business Machines Corporation has received approval from the Canadian Minister of Industry under the Investment Canada Act of the previously-announced arrangement whereby an indirect subsidiary of IBM will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Cognos for US$58.00 in cash for each Cognos common share.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) announced today that University Health Network (UHN), one of Canada’s largest teaching hospitals, is rolling out Cognos’ BI software to enable more timely performance reporting, measurement and analysis and help improve and measure the success of its health care delivery.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that Omnicom Group Inc.(NYSE: OMC) has selected Cognos as a preferred vendor of software and services and is continuing to successfully implement Cognos enterprise planning and reporting capabilities.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that Cognos TM1 enables Envision Credit Union, a Florida-based financial institution, to improve the overall efficiency of its finance department processes while simultaneously improving the quality and timeliness of reporting, and analysis of business performance.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that the European Commission has approved the previously-announced arrangement whereby an indirect subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Cognos for US$58.00 in cash for each Cognos common share.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) , and Deloitte, a charter member of the Cognos Global Partner program, announced today their strategic alliance continues to extend performance management excellence to customers worldwide.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a final order approving the previously-announced arrangement whereby an indirect subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Cognos for US$58.00 in cash for each Cognos common share.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today unveiled Cognos 8 v3 which provides customers with critical performance management components required to accelerate improved business performance.

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Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) announced strong partner support for Cognos 8 v3, unveiled today. This latest Cognos release includes new performance management user capabilities and service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform enhancements designed to efficiently provide organizations with more targeted performance information across a broader range of decision-makers, with extended modeling and administration capabilities to simplify deployment and maintenance for administrators.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) continues to extend its higher education market leadership, announcing today the launch of a new performance solution designed to help colleges and universities drive more efficient faculty salary and position planning.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that leading midsize organizations are using Cognos performance management solutions to enable quick and easy access to information, improve visibility into business performance, and react faster to competitive pressures.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that Cognos shareholders have approved the previously announced arrangement whereby International Business Machines Corporation, through an indirect subsidiary, will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Cognos for US$58.00 in cash for each Cognos common share.

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions,

Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced the launch of a new performance solution designed to help retail executives and managers standardize and coordinate company-wide operational plans and track performance against objectives along the way.