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Introducing IBM Cognos Express

Breakthrough Reporting, Analysis and Planning for Midsize Companies



IBM Cognos Express
IBM Cognos Express is the first and only integrated business intelligence (BI) and planning solution purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies. It delivers the essential reporting, analysis, dashboard, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities that midsize companies need at a price they can afford.

IBM Cognos Express provides midsize companies with consistent, reliable information to answer three critical business questions: How are we doing? Why? and What should we be doing? With insights drawn from answering these questions, managers can make better, faster decisions to drive greater efficiencies, reduce costs and identify new growth opportunities.

IBM Cognos Express is :

You may purchase the full product with its reporting, analysis, dashboard, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities, or you may start with the specific module or modules you need today, secure in an easy growth path for the future. This flexible approach gives you the freedom to "think big, but start small" - an effective strategy to match project and business needs with budget and resource constraints.

Product Editions

IBM Cognos Express Reporter: Self-service reporting and ad hoc query.
Handle all of your reporting needs (production, dashboards, operational, transactional, managed) and empower business users to easily access, modify and create reports with comprehensive self-service reporting and ad hoc query capabilities.

IBM Cognos Express Advisor: Freeform analysis and visualization.
Quickly and easily translate raw data into sophisticated analysis with rich visual presentations that include simple and intuitive drill down and drill up capabilities and the flexibility to slice and dice information. Optimize and transform business outcomes with powerful "what-if" scenario modelling and write back.

IBM Cognos Express Xcelerator: Excel-based planning and business analysis.
Transform common spreadsheets with a powerful in-memory analytics engine for real-time multidimensional analysis, planning, budgeting and forecasting.

Executive Briefings

The Executive Briefing has been designed for directors and senior managers from line-of-business as well as from the IT department.


Business Intelligence Workshop for midsize companies

London, Warwick, Manchester


Express Hot Line

Free 30-day trial software

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Integrated BI and planning for midsize companies.