Cognos Honors Global Partners For Excellence In Performance Management

Orlando, FL, June 27, 2005 - Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM), today announced the winners of its 2005 Global Partner Awards.

 

Cognos is honoring close to a hundred Cognos partners across North America , Latin America , and Europe that have excelled at innovation, influence, and thought-leadership, and who share a vision and passion for corporate performance management. The winners were announced at the Partner Awards ceremony held this week at the Global Partner Summit as part of Cognos Forum 2005. (see press release: http://www.cognos.com/news/releases/2005/0627_1.html )

"Through these successful and broad partnerships, we are able to meet the distinctive needs of our customers in providing the products, services, and technology expertise that allow our customers to improve and direct corporate performance," said Ben Plummer, vice president, Global Partner Development, Cognos. "We are pleased to honor these organizations not only for their high levels of success and industry expertise, but also for helping customers derive value and benefits from our solutions across various industries, applications, and geographic locations."

Categories and Winners Highlighted

categories and winners of the Global Partner Summit Awards include: Platinum Awards: Honors Top Resellers and Top OEM Partners for their roles in Cognos' ongoing channel sales success worldwide. Partners are recognized for their success with the Cognos solution based on understanding the technology, sales performance, and value-add. Among t his year's Top Resellers is Aviana Global Technologies.