-- Joint customers able to leverage and extend ERP data with Oracle-Validated, industry-leading reporting, dashboarding, analysis, scorecarding and event management capabilities of Cognos 8 BI-- SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ORACLE OPENWORLD, BOOTH 1424 -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), a world leader in business intelligence (BI) and performance management solutions, today announced validated out of the box integration between Cognos 8 BI and Oracle PeopleSoft(R) Enterprise EPM 8.9. Through Cognos 8 BI, PeopleSoft metadata and security is analyzed and published to the Cognos environment which immediately enables secured business intelligence directly on customer's PeopleSoft Enterprise EPM 8.9 deployments. This integration allows joint global customers to rapidly deploy Cognos 8 BI's proven reporting, dashboarding, analysis, querying and scorecarding capabilities across their organization. Customers can combine both Peoplesoft and non-Peoplesoft data together in a single report, immediately uncover and capitalize on profit-building opportunities, establish critical business metrics, evaluate enterprise efficiency, and empower employees to make better decisions. According to Cognos sponsored IDC research, "one of the key variables that organizations looking to increase data quality and consistency should focus on when implementing a business analytics system is support for heterogeneous data sources that span multiple instances of operational (e.g. ERP, CRM, SCM) as well as analytic systems." Recent IDC Survey analysis found that 34% of organizations with $500 million or more in revenue have 10 or more operational source systems feeding their business analytics solution.* Cognos 8 BI offers centralized information distribution from any ERP system, database, or data source. Users have one place to go for all their business intelligence needs and administrators have one environment to manage. With centralized metadata across metrics, OLAP, and relational data sources, thousands of users have instant access to goal-driven metrics, in-depth analysis, and robust business and production reports spanning the entire enterprise -- all from a single interface. "We welcome this certified integration, which validates Cognos 8 BI's seamless functionality with Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise EPM 8.9," said Sherlock Holmes, President, Cognos platinum reseller partner Genware. "Customers need an agile, self-service BI platform that serves as an integrated bridge for diverse data sources. This integration is valuable for customers as they gain a single view of all data across the enterprise for clear performance visibility." "This integration lets joint customers take advantage of our proven BI capabilities and intuitive interface to create a self-service report or perform an analysis of their ERP data to drive better business decisions," said Leah Macmillan, vice-president, BI product marketing, Cognos. "Our single platform offers a consistent, complete view of information across business applications such as PeopleSoft EPM, allowing our customers to easily extend the value of their EPM investment." A data sheet on the integration is available from Oracle's Web site at: http://www.oracle.com/partners/campaigns/global/integrations/cognos_bi8_071906.pdf Cognos 8 BI is a groundbreaking product that provides decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with a consistent, complete view of information to better manage performance. As a single product that easily integrates into existing infrastructures with multiple systems and data sources, Cognos 8 BI is a robust technology foundation for BI standardization and corporate performance management. For further information visit: http://www.cognos.com/products/cognos8businessintelligence/index.html *Source: IDC White Paper sponsored by Cognos, Evaluation Criteria for Selecting a Successful Business Performance Management Solution, Doc #200312, January 2006. 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 Contacts: 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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