IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

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Business intelligence software that lets you work the way you want to:


Work with information your way

IBM Cognos 8 BI supplies the complete range of information and capabilities you need to support your decisions and guide your work day.

  • Stay connected: Use managed reports, scorecards, dashboards, and alerts.
  • Find the answers: Build reports and queries to address your questions.
  • Explore trends: Perform in-depth, comparative analysis.

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Business intelligence that fits your role


  • Information you need: Depending on your job, you may need regular reports, vital signs at-a-glance, up-to-date reports, or the ability to dive more deeply into information. Use information the way you want.
  • Presented for you: Get the portal and UI that fits your needs, rather than a generic one for highly technical users.
  • Better collaboration: Everyone using the same system and common data increases collaboration across roles and functions.

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See all the data you need


  • Complete access to your data: Connect systems such as operations, resources, customers, and finance to deliver a common business view of your data and answer all your questions.
  • Data consistency: Gain a single business view of your corporate data. Be confident that you and your colleagues are working with the same numbers.
  • Reduce your time to action: Unite your corporate data, so departments, divisions, and business units can easily share information from different sources. Spend less time gathering information or reconciling incompatible data.

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IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence - Full Overview
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Complete capabilities in a single product. See key features for IT and business users.
Choosing a Standard for BI and Reporting
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Read about the factors to consider in standardizing your BI, the importance of TCO, and why IBM Cognos 8 BI is the only choice for BI standardization.
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