Small and midsize businesses in a wide range of industries use IBM Cognos software to manage operational costs, improve performance and gain competitive advantage.
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.
- Reporting
- Analysis
- Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting
- Dashboards and Scorecards
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, 460KB), US Lumber (PDF, 513KB)
- Analysis: HallStar (PDF, 158KB), Martin's Healthpoint (PDF, 967KB)
- Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting: Blue Mountain (PDF, 153KB), Envision Credit Union (PDF, 157KB)
- Dashboards and Scorecards: Steak n Shake (PDF, 142KB), Just Born (PDF, 170KB)
Popular small and medium business downloads
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Using BI and BPM to Address the Information Challenges of Midsize Companies
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.
IBM Cognos Express Overview
See integrated reporting, analysis and planning capabilities that can help your midsize business to drive greater efficiencies, manage costs and identify growth opportunities.
Driving Performance in the Mid-Market with a Best-in-Class BI Strategy
Aberdeen Group shows you a best-in-class BI strategy for midsize organisations (SMBs) and highlights the BI initiatives and strategy of Creativity, Inc.
Nucleus Research ROI Case Study: Blue Mountain Resorts
Improved profitability and an annual ROI of 1,822%. That's what Nucleus Research found when they calculated Blue Mountain Resort's total investment in IBM Cognos solutions.
Improving Planning, Reporting and Analysis for Midsize Companies
Join John Hagerty of AMR Research as he discusses 2009-2010 planning, reporting and analysis priorities for midsize companies in this webcast from CFO.com.
Nucleus Research ROI Case Study: Envision Credit Union
Learn how Envision was able to improve productivity, reduce labor costs, and increase the amount of cash available for overnight investments with IBM Cognos TM1.
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Small and Midsize Business Resources
- Online Demo: IBM Cognos Express Overview (32, 1:54)
See how IBM Cognos Express delivers breakthrough reporting, analysis and planning for midsize companies.
- White Paper: Why Performance Management? A Guide for the Midsize Organisation (690KB)
Learn how to gain competitive advantage without breaking the bank.
- Analyst Report: Find your level of BI and Performance Management maturity (585KB)
See how IBM Cognos Express delivers value to midsize companies in this paper featuring research from Gartner.