Cognos Business Intelligence

Business intelligence software with reporting, analysis, dashboards and scorecarding capabilities

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is a business intelligence (BI) solution that provides query, reporting, analysis, dashboards and scoreboards that can be extended with planning, scenario modeling, predictive analytics and more. It helps support the way that people think and work when they are trying to understand business performance and making decisions with tools for interacting, searching and assembling all perspectives of business.

Query and reporting capabilities equip users with the information they need to make fact-based decisions.
Dashboards allow any user to access, interact and personalize content in a way that supports how they make decisions.
Analysis capabilities provide access to information from multiple angles and perspectives so you can view and analyze it to make informed decisions.
Collaboration capabilities include communication tools and social networking to fuel the exchange of ideas during the decision-making process.
Scorecarding capabilities automate the capture, management and monitoring of business metrics so you can compare them with your strategic and operational objectives.

Query and reporting

Cognos Business Intelligence includes professional report authoring capabilities that are easy to use and minimize the effort for report authors.
Users can create their own impromptu queries or customize existing reports,
Collaborative reporting features built into Cognos Business Intelligence help people communicate with others to drive decisions and gain additional insight.

Dashboards

With the dashboard capabilities of Cognos Business Intelligence, users can assemble and personalize dashboard views to support individual decision-making styles.
This capability makes it possible to use information from all time horizons, past, present and future, for a complete view of your business.
You can make your dashboards portable to support decisions where and when they need to be made.

Analysis

Cognos Business Intelligence analysis capabilities allow all users to explore information easily and intuitively to business decisions.
Your business and financial analysts can assess your immediate business situation with more advanced, predictive or what-if analysis.
Support for operational and strategic decision-making cycles help can engage the right people at the right time for analysis.
You can take advantage of options for mobile, offline interactive dashboard and analysis and versions for Microsoft Office software to meet the needs of all your uses.

Collaboration

Capabilities for forming communities, capturing annotations and opinions and sharing insights help groups streamline and improve decision-making.
Workflow and task management capabilities connect people and coordinate activities in a seamless, closed-loop environment.
With the collaborative features of Cognos Business Intelligence, users can learn from history with a centralized, searchable corporate memory.
Users can share insights and solicit ideas with a broad set of social networking capabilities from IBM Lotus Connections.

Scorecarding

With the scorecarding capability of Cognos Business Intelligence, your business can track performance against key performance indicators (KPIs).
There are features that can visually capture organizational strategy to help departments and employees set priorities.
A zero-footprint, Web-based deployment model reduces the administrative burden while encouraging user adoption.

Cognos Business Intelligence resources

Trial download: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1
Download a trial of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1 at no charge and test its features and capabilities for 30 days. Use reports, analysis, dashboards and scorecards to monitor business performance, analyze trends and measure results.

Analyst report: Top 10 Things You Should Know About IBM Cognos 10
Read this Top 10 list from the analysts at EMA to learn why Cognos 10 holds "strong value for upgrading customers and prospects."

White paper: Business Intelligence for Business Users
In this paper, learn how important it is to address the different business intelligence needs of your business constituents, so they have insight when and where they need it.

White paper: IBM Cognos 10: Intelligence Unleashed
Find out how IBM Cognos Business Intelligence can help organizations make smarter decisions and drive better business results.