-- Cognos solutions for PeopleSoft, Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel and JD Edwards help joint customers leverage and extend enterprise applications to improve decision-making -- BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that Doug Adams, product marketing manager, Oracle Applications, will speak at the Oracle OpenWorld technology conference on October 26, 2006 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. During the session, Mr. Adams will discuss the connection between Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and Oracle Fusion Middleware. He will detail customer success, conduct a live product demonstration and offer tips and techniques for a successful BI deployment that leverages and extends disparate data sources across the enterprise to deliver improved decision-making and higher performance. The presentation will begin at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time in Room 310 South, Moscone Center. Session Id: S283088. Cognos will showcase its performance management solutions for PeopleSoft, Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel and JD Edwards at the Oracle OpenWorld Conference in Booth # 1424, Moscone South. OracleWorld attendees will be able to view Cognos business intelligence, enterprise planning, financial consolidation and performance analytics solutions, which focus on providing organizations with a single line of sight across all time horizons. Together, these capabilities provide organizations with a consistent corporate and management reporting environment. This integrated operational and financial view lets organizations proactively address business challenges for greater operational effectiveness. ABOUT COGNOS: Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance. Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best practices, and a broad network of partners to give customers a complete performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. It gives customers the ability to answer the questions -- How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? -- and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while planning future business strategies. Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. Cognos performance management solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com/. Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Media Contacts: Carrie Bendzsa Cognos, 613-738-1440 Doreen Maciak Lois Paul & Partners, 781-782-5832 Investor Relations: John Lawlor Cognos, 613-738-3503 DATASOURCE: Cognos CONTACT: Media: Carrie Bendzsa of Cognos, +1-613-738-1440, ; or Doreen Maciak of Lois Paul & Partners, +1-781-782-5832, ; or Investor Relations: John Lawlor of Cognos, +1-613-738-3503, Web site: http://www.cognos.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/107867.html

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