With Cognos Business Intelligence, report authors can develop any and all types of reports. It offers complete report authoring from a single environment, provides advanced authoring abilities that match user needs and operates on a proven, web services architecture.  In short, report authors can use Cognos Business Intelligence to create reports that meet the needs of everyone in their organization.

Business as usual is not what it used to be. But one thing is certain: complexity is growing and will continue to do so.

A recent examination of Nucleus Research ROI case studies found organizations earn an average of $10.66 for every dollar spent on deployments of analytics applications such as business intelligence (BI), performance management (PM), and predictive analytics.  With such high returns to be earned on the deployment of analytics, management teams should consider these technologies to be one of the most attractive investment opportunities...

To thrive and grow, midsize organizations need better insight into their business. As a result, business reporting is a top priority for IT and business users. Lean on resources, midsize companies need a single reporting solution that addresses the full range of reporting requirements and users.

This paper describes how midsize companies can transform their spreadsheet-only processes to create flexible and timely plans, budgets and forecasts. It outlines recommendations for implementing a complete performance management system, using IBM Cognos Express®, an integrated reporting, analysis and planning solution purpose-built for midsize companies.