Single product and architecture with all capabilities: Reporting, analysis, scorecards, dashboards, business event management, as well as data integration.
Simplified maintenance: Zero-footprint, browser-based deployment and administration. No duplication among BI capabilities.
Increase BI adoption: One product meets the needs of your entire user base, from casual users to power users.
Proven integration: Web services architecture simplifies deployment and administration. Single, open API lets you integrate with existing security, portals, and IT infrastructure. No single point of failure.
Cognos 8 Enterprise Benefits
Serve all users with BI that matches their needs
BI consumers: Deliver pixel-perfect reports to their desktops with secure Web portal access adaptable to mobile devices.
Senior executives: Deliver scorecarding, dashboards, and reports for quick communication of complex data.
Business managers: Deliver all BI capabilities, with drag-and-drop simplicity and the same zero-footprint interface.
Professional authors/analysts: Deliver advanced features such as high-volume burst reports for distribution, full range of report elements and output types, and reporting and analysis against relational or multidimensional sources.
IT administrators: Deliver a zero-footprint, browser-based environment, modular deployment, consistent metadata, and access to all corporate data on a Web services architecture.
