What Is Cognos?

Answer:
Cognos was an Ontario based company that manufactures

Business Intelligence (BI) software. It became a subsidiary of IBM until 2009, at which time it was fully incorporated into IBM fully.

The Cognos software that they designed is a way to fully take advantage of the data in various databases that you may have in your company in order to make better business decisions and improve the efficiencies of your company. There are various tools in the software suite, including dashboards, meters, and the ability to make custom reports in order to get a better view into the data. The ability to write your own reports is one of the most powerful features of Cognos. These reports can be based on the intended audience, so you have the ability to restrict what a user sees. For example, you may not want a purchasing manager to see the sales prices in their reports. Or, you may want your sales personnel to only see the details of their sales and not the lists of the other sales personnel, especially if their districts overlap. By utilizing this tool, you can also better plan cash flow and projections.