IBM Cognos Software

Cognos Insight: The freedom and flexibility of desktop analytics

IBM Cognos Insight provides simple yet versatile analytic capabilities that empower all users to independently explore data, build scenario models and share insights.

Cognos Insight can also be employed as the contribution client to a Cognos TM1 planning application. Users can connect to the planning workflow, conduct detailed what-if scenario modeling with both corporate and personal data, and write back directly to the centrally managed plan. The Cognos Express analysis and planner modules also incorporate Cognos Insight capabilities, so, if you decide to grow your BI and performance management capabilities with Cognos Express, it fits right in.

Cognos Insight enables organizations to bridge the gap between business user freedom and IT governance processes – while creating a path to enterprise-level collaboration and management.

Cognos Express: Simplicity and ease of use

Cognos Express provides the essential reporting, analysis, dashboard, scorecard, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities that departments, business units, workgroups and midsize organizations require, at a price they can afford. Everything is included in a pre-configured solution that is designed to be easy to install and use. For organizations of any size that are beginning to embark or expand on a BI and planning strategy, Cognos Express includes what is needed to get started right away. It offers powerful business analytics capabilities for both novices and advanced users to encourage use throughout your company. And, when you are ready to expand or your company has outgrown Cognos Express, you can move to Cognos Enterprise with almost no disruption to your business.

Cognos Enterprise: Meet strategic objectives

Cognos Enterprise brings reporting, analysis, modeling, planning and collaboration together for smarter decision-making and better business outcomes. It equips users with what they need to freely explore information, analyze key facts, quickly collaborate to gain alignment with key stakeholders and act with confidence to drive better business outcomes.

To optimize the performance and on-demand response time of multidimensional data, Cognos Enterprise uses the 64-bit in-memory analytics engine of Cognos TM1, which is designed to analyze complex or large data sets for on-demand planning, analysis, profitability analysis and management reporting. Cognos Enterprise is also designed to scale to support enterprise-level planning and analytics.

Conclusion

IBM Cognos family is right-sized for your organization and each product is designed to integrate with all the others in the family. Whether you want to deploy on a desktop, a single server, a server farm or all three, IBM has the solution for you.

No matter which IBM Cognos family member you choose, you can rest assured that you can provide the business with the same great self-service experience and consistency while making the most of your existing information infrastructure.