Why IBM Cognos 8 for SAP?
The industry's only united platform for performance management
- Lower TCO for development and maintenance.
- One solution to learn, one source for any/all performance management capability.
Consistent solution roadmap focused on innovation
- Develop applications today without fear of future redevelopment requirements.
Patent-pending integration with SAP NetWeaver
- Optimized access to SAP BW.
- Maximized leverage of existing structures and BEx queries.
Data source-agnostic
- Broad heterogeneous application and data support.
- Flexibility to adapt to evolving infrastructure landscape.
Business user self-service
- "Author once, deploy anywhere" environment increases business agility.
- Easy access to information reduces time needed to make decisions.
Embrace SAP Infrastructure
- Access all SAP BW structures including InfoCubes, InfoQueries, Master Data, ODS Data; business rules, hierarchies as well as enable access to multiple versions and instances of SAP Business Warehouse.
- SAP Certified: Powered by SAP NetWeaver®. IBM Cognos 8 is SAP-Certified: Powered by NewtWeaver® and seamlessly interoperates with SAP and non-SAP data sources to enable rapid updates to content as business and IT environments change. See our listing in the SAP Partner Catalog.
- Interoperability with SAP NetWeaver Portal and iViews.
- Option to deploy on SAP Web Application Server.
- Access data residing in the SAP Business Warehouse.
- Connect to SAP R/3 and ECC transaction systems using the IBM Cognos 8 Virtual View Manager.
Enhance existing investments in SAP technology and practices
- IBM Cognos 8 delivers next-generation, patent-pending integration with the SAP Business Warehouse today.
- Broaden business user access to, and increase the use of, SAP and non-SAP data sources through speed-of-thought access to customized content.
- Combine operational and historical data residing in SAP BW, ECC or R/3 without the need for ABAP development or custom coding.
Extend SAP knowledge, expertise and practices
- Use existing SAP security, business rules, hierarchies, aggregations, currency conversion, multiple languages and more.
- Broaden use of existing InfoQueries and combine with non-SAP data without data migration or mandatory use of Virtual Providers.
Tangible business benefits
Execute superior, fact-based decisions with greater efficiency using business self-service to access plans, budgets, reports, dashboards, scorecards, analysis and consolidated financial information.
Consolidate your disparate data sources into a single view of business performance and simplify your performance management processes for lower administration and maintenance costs.
The IBM Cognos 8 unified performance management platform delivers tangible benefits for SAP customers, including:
- End User Self Service - Business Executives and everyday users can access, create and customize BI and Planning content without ongoing reliance on specialized and scarce SAP IT resources. See a demo with Dashboards or reports on a BlackBerry®
- Flexibility - Leverage all corporate information without dependencies on underlying data, applications and infrastructure
- Agility - No coding: Fast on-the-fly creation, modification and changes to reports, plans, financial models and data sources.
- Proven Capabilities - Predictable results from Cognos performance management focus, customer success and SAP solution expertise. Download our podcast with ARDEC
- Comprehensive Solution – All performance management capabilities unified within a single SOA platform that enables reliable, consistent content as well as lower administration and training costs.
A lasting commitment to your SAP investment
- SAP Software Partner since 1997.
- Over 300 dedicated IBM/Cognos SAP specialists at IBM center of excellence in Walldorf, Germany.
- Deep integration with SAP data and infrastructure.
- Many of the largest SAP and Business Warehouse customers use Cognos performance management software and Information Management solutions from IBM.
- All performance management capabilities delivered on a unified SOA platform.
