'Powered By Cognos' solutions drive adoption of performance management across global markets

There are now over 60 Powered By Cognos solutions for customers to improve and drive financial and operational performance initiatives, with scope for many more to be created worldwide, not least in the United Arab Emirates.

Powered by Cognos is an elite programme for partners who deliver performance management solutions that combine Cognos technology with their deep domain expertise. The partner companies in this programme represent global solutions from a variety of vertical and solution areas including financial services, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, compliance, enterprise performance and system infrastructure.

Large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses benefit by reducing deployment risk because Powered by Cognos partners provide proven performance management solutions that are specific to their industry and business requirements. These solutions provide quick and easy access to operating and financial data to enable better business insight so that organisations can make effective and rapid business decisions.

"Our confidence in BrightStar Partners as a Platinum reseller partner and their tenure with and deep domain expertise in Cognos technologies confirmed our decision to bring MetaManager in house," said Bill Hatch, manager, data warehouse applications, Astellas Pharma Inc. "This Powered by Cognos solution will greatly extend the power of our Cognos deployment and create tremendous value-add by dramatically decreasing the turnaround time experienced in many of our daily administrative tasks, and will create immediate ROI."

"Concur® Reporting Powered by Cognos gives Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. a powerful, flexible and user-friendly ad hoc reporting application," said Barbara Jones, purchasing card/T&E manager, Winn-Dixies Stores. "Concur's on-demand service provides the visual tools to create and run any report, no matter how complicated or data-driven, without the need to install or maintain any hardware or software."

New Powered by Cognos partners and solutions this year include:
•Acumetrics Business Intelligence Inc. - Cognos CMS Head Start Solution
•BrightStar Partners, Inc. - MetaManager
•CBH - FSPM (Financial Services Performance Management) and HPM (Healthcare Performance Management)
•Concur Technologies - Concur Reporting, Powered by Cognos (for Concur Total Travel and Expense)
•DSS de Mexico -3Pfinanciero (Planeación, presupuestos y pronósticos)
•Netpartners Consultoria e Sistemas Ltda - Distributor Relationship Management - DI-RM
•Phase Forward - InForm ITM version 4.5
•Troux Technologies - Metis6

"Together with Cognos, we deliver packaged, yet flexible solutions to accelerate our customers' performance management initiatives," said Joe Baird, CEO, CBH, Inc. "As a member of the Powered by Cognos programme, we have the platform and delivery mechanism to increase the value we bring to customers. The support of the entire Cognos organisation in the definition, development and delivery process has been instrumental to our success."

To qualify for the Powered by Cognos programme, partner solutions must be developed exclusively on Cognos technology; deliver value-added benefits to customers above and beyond Cognos products; have performance management enablement as their core focus; submit new customer wins annually to maintain membership status; and have a defined promotional commitment in place and underway.

"The Powered by Cognos programme is a key element of Cognos' overall approach to help organisations around the world improve performance and gain a sustainable competitive advantage," said Derek Morrison, Regional General Manager, Cognos. "These partners deliver solutions focused on key areas, including industry groups, enterprise performance and system infrastructure, all with the objective of enabling and engaging their customers to better manage company performance. All members of Powered by Cognos are integral players in delivering fast, proven performance management solutions to Cognos customers."