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	IBM Cognos 8 Go! Dashboards Live Web Seminar - January 20, 2009 - 12:00 pm EDT Bring you technical and business questions to this live web event which begins at Noon ET on Tuesday, January 20th. Learn how to extend the value of the proven IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence architecture by letting business users build and edit dynamic, interactive dashboards. Using a simple drag-and-drop interface, IBM Cognos 8 Go! Dashboards compliments the 'author once and consume anywhere' model by leveraging your existing reporting investment. Register today

	IBM Cognos Enterprise Planning Solutions Powered by Cognos 8 v4 Live Web Seminar - February 17, 2009 - 12:00 pm EDT See how IBM Cognos Enterprise Planning Solutions meets the requirements of your organization in turbulent times. Learn how Cognos 8 Planning, Cognos TM1 & Cognos 8 BI capabilities allow organizations to link operational and financial planning processes to create a more agile organization. This session will include a review of current IBM Cognos 8 capabilities, demonstration and a review of leading customers who have improved their planning & forecasting capabilities to meet the challenges of our current business climate. Register today

FEATURED EVENTS AND CONTENT

Business Viewpoint, a Dimension

Management SolutionDescription
Do you get too many requests from multiple business users across the organization wanting changes to the sales territories, cost centers, organizational structures etc. all at the same time? View this on demand Web seminar to find out how you can work with business users and enable them to maintain, govern and share their common viewpoints - all without sacrificing IT integrity.

Held on - December 17, 2008

Analysis with IBM Cognos 8 -
Question/Answer Web EventDescription
Mark Morton returns to our virtual stage to answer your technical questions, sharing expert answers during the second half of our program.

Be part of the conversation. Join us as we discuss and demonstrate everything you can do to securely answer the analysis needs of end users, business and financial analysts, and advanced analysts while keeping demands on your organization manageable.

Held on November 24, 2008

Taking a User-Centric Approach to the
Information Challenge ArticleDescription
In-depth article by Harriet Fryman, AVP of Product Marketing, IBM
This article will introduce the concept of information packaging as the approach that best serves the data needs of operational BI, historical analysis, scorecards, real-time alerts, and predictive analytics.

ON DEMAND WEB SEMINARS

First look at IBM Cognos 8v4 for IT

SeminarDescription
Speaker: Jennifer Hanniman
IBM Cognos 8 continues to strengthen the foundation for performance management. In this session, the IT team -from modelers to administrators- learn about new and enhanced functionality in the IBM Cognos 8 platform. Included in this session is an overview of the new System Management Methodology, a proven practice approach for auditing, monitoring and tuning your IBM Cognos 8 solution.

Held on October 30, 2008

Hot tips: Using Cognos to Improve
business trust in information delivered
Description
What are the 5 most common information challenges that prevent greater adoption – and subsequent success – of a Business Intelligence deployment? Attend this webinar for a detailed discussion, led by Cognos and InfoSphere experts, of the toughest information challenges and the solutions that innovative organizations are employing to solve them.

You’ll learn how to use the IBM Cognos 8 platform, IBM Cognos 8 Data Manager, InfoSphere Information Server and other capabilities to increase business trust in information, so more people feel confident using your BI deployment.

Held on - September 23, 2008

How IT can deliver for key departmentsDescription
Profit from the unique expertise that IBM, has gained by spending 17 years focused entirely on business intelligence and performance management. Joseph Jeffery, Director- Manufacturing at Vicor Corporation provides a case study example that describes the deployment of IBM Cognos software in a variety of departments to radiate Performance Management metrics throughout the organization.

Held on August 20, 2008

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PRODUCT DEMOS

IBM Cognos 8 BIDescription
View this demo to see why IBM Cognos 8 BI fulfils the promise of business intelligence.

Business Viewpoint Online DemoDescription
Are you already an IBM client? Download this archived presentation to learn how Business Viewpoint is integrated with the rest of the IBM Cognos software portfolio including BI, Planning, Controller, Transformer and Framework Manager.

IBM Cognos Now! Operational BIDescription
IBM Cognos Now!, an operational BI solution that delivers highly visual and self-service interactive dashboards, data integration, analysis, and reports, all prepackaged in a hardware appliance. Watch how a IBM Cognos Now! user can view graphically-rich operational business information, drill down to examine detailed data, set thresholds to generate alerts, change graphs and metrics, and much more.

IBM Cognos 8 PlanningDescription
View this demo to see how Cognos planning and consolidation software allows you to create and contribute to plans and budgets and allows for Web-based consolidation and financial reporting.

ANALYST REPORTS & WHITE PAPERS

IBM Cognos Now! Operational BI Description
IBM Cognos Now! is the industry’s first BI appliance designed to bring critical information to operational users at the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO). Download this fact sheet to find out how your organization can deploy Operational BI in just days!

IBM Cognos Now! Operational BI for
Small and Medium BusinessDescription
IBM Cognos Now! is the industry’s first BI appliance designed to bring critical information to operational users at the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO). Download this fact sheet to find out how your organization can deploy Operational BI in just days and at a very low TCO!

5 Key Pieces of Advice for Business
Intelligence (BI) Project Management
and BI Product Purchasing Criteria
Description
Business intelligence (BI) software has helped many organizations today attain numerous competitive advantages as well as gain the ability to efficiently analyze data to learn more about their business enabling them make better-informed business decisions. However, buying BI software products can be confusing, and countless decisions pertaining to technical requirements. Read this E-Guide and obtain expert advice on how your organization can overcome the challenges of the BI software purchasing process and how to streamline a successful BI vendor and product selection process. Explore 5 key pieces of advice that will help you set priorities, avoid conflict, and empower BI project team members following your BI software purchase.

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CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

Compassion InternationalDescription
Compassion International selected IBM Cognos Now! to deliver insight into key performance metrics at a fraction of the cost of other approaches to operational BI.

IBM Cognos Enterprise Planning
Reference Roundtable Featuring Princess
CruisesDescription
Princess Cruises uses IBM Cognos Planning to manage a complex cruise line business that includes hotel operations, restaurants, entertainment, boutiques, multinational crew, self-contained plant operations and more. On this reference roundtable hear how Princess Cruises has implemented IBM Cognos Planning and find out how they were able to successfully complete their 2005 and 2006 plans for the Princess and Cunard Brand lines. Hear how they achieved greater efficiencies by eliminating multiple spreadsheets and providing senior management with greater visibility to data.

IBM Cognos BI Reference Roundtable
with Aviva USADescription
In this reference roundtable web seminar you will hear Todd Neese, Director of Business Intelligence at Aviva USA, part of the fifth-largest insurance group in the world, discuss how Aviva USA is using IBM Cognos BI Solutions.

PODCASTS

Cognos and VicorDescription
Learn how Vicor has improved on-time delivery to customers using IBM Cognos 8 BI.

IBM Cognos software and U.S. Army
ARDECDescription
Hear how the U.S. Army ARDEC's IBM Cognos BI solution resulted in savings of $423 million.

Complementing ERP with
Performance Management and BI Description
Kathleen Wilhide, Research Director for Compliance and Business Performance Management (BPM) at IDC.

Third Party Business Intelligence Resources

b-eye Network | Business Intelligence Pipeline | cio.com
InformationWeek | Intelligent Enterprise

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