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Cognos

Cognos Incorporated was an Ottawa, Ontario-based company making business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software. Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries until being acquired by IBM on January 31, 2008. While no longer an independent company, the…

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Founded
1969
Industry
Software
Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Defunct
2009 (2009)
Fate
Acquired
Founder
Alan Rushforth Peter Glenister

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Acquisition of Cognos by IBM

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Cognos

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Edges51
Triples107
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
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Cognos

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related to Federal investigation · 24
Cognos → DiMasi's, Education, IBM, In, In August, Information Technology Division, Inspector General Gregory Sullivan, Joseph Lally, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department, Massachusetts House, Representatives Salvatore DiMasi, Richard Vitale, Speaker, State, State Ethics Commission, Steven Topazio, The, These, This
related to history · 18
Cognos → Alan Rushforth, August, Canadian, COGN, CSN, During, IBM, It, Its, January, Latin, Michael, NASDAQ, Originally Quasar Systems Limited, Peter Glenister, Potter, QUIZ, Toronto Stock Exchange
related to Acquisition of Cognos by IBM · 17
Cognos → Business Objects, CA, Hyperion Solutions, IBM, IBM Cognos Analytics, IBM Information Management Software, IBM Infosphere, IBM Planning Analytics, In, It, January, November, Oracle's, PA, SAP's, Software Group, The
related to BI market · 14
Cognos → Another, BI, Due, Gartner, IBM, IBM Cognos, IBM's, Microsoft, MicroStrategy, Oracle, SAP, SAP Business Objects, SAS, This
related to Products · 13
Cognos → BI, BlackBerry, Business Analytics Forum, Cognos Business Intelligence, Cognos CEO Rob Ashe, IBM, IBM Cognos, IBM Cognos Analytics, IBM Insight, Las Vegas, On October, The, Watson Analytics
Defunct · 1
Cognos → 2009 (2009)
Fate · 1
Cognos → Acquired
Founded · 1
Cognos → 1969
Founder · 1
Cognos → Alan Rushforth Peter Glenister
Headquarters · 1
Cognos → Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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CognosFateAcquired1.00infobox
CognosFounded19691.00infobox
CognosFounderAlan Rushforth Peter Glenister1.00infobox
CognosHeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada1.00infobox
CognosIndustrySoftware1.00infobox
CognosKey peopleRob Ashe, General Manager, IBM Business Analytics1.00infobox
CognosProductsBusiness intelligence Data visualization Analytics1.00infobox
CognosTypeBrand (of IBM)1.00infobox
CognosWebsiteOfficial website1.00infobox
Cognosis afragment scissored off the Latin word0.90text
iPadinstance ofonline or through mobile devices0.80text

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