Small and midsize businesses in a wide range of industries use IBM Cognos software to manage costs, drive profitability and increase growth.
The right technology and solutions
IBM Cognos BI and planning solutions help small and midsize businesses to:
- Manage costs and improve efficiency by providing consistent, reliable information throughout the company
- Find new opportunities and trends through self-service analysis
- Deliver better customer service with improved insight into customers gained through accurate reporting
- Drive profitability and revenue growth by optimising and transforming a business with integrated planning, analysis and reporting
- Take quick corrective action by easily modifying plans, forecasts and budgets, and by creating new "what if" business scenarios
- Be more productive immediately with a preconfigured BI and planning solution purpose-built for midsize companies
Essential capabilities for midsize companies
Use one or more capabilities in a single, integrated BI and planning solution.
Easy to install, easy to use, easy to buy
Small and midsize companies choose IBM Cognos solutions to provide flexible deployments that fit their needs and budgets – and can grow with their business:
- Reporting: Creativity (PDF, 459KB), US Lumber (PDF, 512KB)
- Analysis: HallStar (PDF, 157KB), Martin's Healthpoint (PDF, 966KB)
- Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting: Blue Mountain (US), Envision Credit Union (US)
- Dashboards and Scorecards: Steak n Shake (PDF, 141KB), Just Born (PDF, 169KB)
Popular small and midsize business downloads

Using BI and BPM to Address the Information Challenges of Midsize CompaniesWhite Paper
Learn about the challenges faced by organisations as they progress through the "midsize" stage. See how to use BI and BPM to meet those challenges in this paper from TEC.


