- Celequest's LAVA(TM) Earns Silver Medal in Business Intelligence Category - OTTAWA and BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that Celequest's LAVA(TM) BI appliance was selected as one of SearchDataManagement's "2006 Products of the Year" in the category of business intelligence. Celequest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cognos. SearchDataManagement.com assembled a panel of BI experts who closely reviewed more than 16 of the leading products in the industry to determine the "best of the best" in the BI market. Products were judged based on innovation, performance, ease of integration into the environment, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value. According to SearchDataManagement.com: "Celequest's combination of hardware appliance and software garnered praise from our judges for its innovation. By utilizing a combination of hardware and software to create a BI appliance, LAVA facilitates the adoption of BI technology by deploying organizations. And, by offering LAVA through several hosting options, including on-demand and as a managed service, Celequest provides organizations with a wide range of choices on how to most economically utilize it." "Celequest has continually positioned itself on the forefront of business intelligence innovation - from launching the industry's first platform for operational BI, to leading the charge of BI 2.0 with the first BI appliance and a SaaS BI solution," said Diaz Nesamoney, Cognos VP and General Manager of On Demand Solutions. "With our award-winning LAVA BI appliance, along with LAVA On Demand, we are positioned to meet the line-of-business and mid-market demand for lower-cost BI solutions that are simple to deploy and that work with today's most popular business applications." Celequest's LAVA is the industry's first BI appliance that enables companies to provide up-to-the-minute business information to operational workers, empowering decision-makers across the organization to spot emerging trends, immediately take action when problems arise and positively affect their company's bottom line. LAVA removes the barriers to widespread BI adoption by layering intuitive, self-service dashboards on top of its unique architecture that was built from the ground up to deliver fresh information to many users, while delivering these capabilities in an appliance or as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to dramatically simplify and lower the cost of deployment. About SearchDataManagement.com SearchDataManagement.com is the Web's best guide for data management professionals and business leaders. With its combination of news, learning guides, expert advice, white papers, Webcasts and customized research, SearchDataManagment.com offers a rich collection of insight on how to efficiently manage the data supply chain. The site also offers tips on vendors, product selection, and expert advice. SearchDataManagement.com is part of the TechTarget network (http://www.techtarget.com/). TechTarget publishes integrated media that enable information-technology (IT) marketers to reach targeted communities of IT professionals and executives in all phases of the technology decision-making and purchase process. Through its industry-leading Web sites, magazines and conferences, TechTarget delivers measurable results that help IT marketers generate qualified sales leads, shorten sales cycles and grow revenues. About Celequest Celequest, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), is the leading provider of on-demand Business Intelligence (BI). Delivered as an appliance or as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Celequest enables companies to deliver enterprise-class BI to their operational workers and executives at a low total cost of ownership (TCO). Celequest's innovative technology includes data integration, analytics and dashboards/reporting in a single integrated product. Customers include Solectron, Dreyer's, Cendant, Software Spectrum and Compassion International. For more information about Celequest, please visit http://www.celequest.com/. About Cognos: Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance. Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best practices, and a broad network of partners to give customers a complete performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. It gives customers the ability to answer the questions -- How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? -- and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while planning future business strategies. Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. Cognos performance management solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com/. Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Media Contact: Steve Milmore Cognos, 781-313-2403 Alp Pekkocak Celequest 650-637-2172 Investor Relations: John Lawlor Cognos, 613-738-3503 DATASOURCE: Cognos CONTACT: Media, Steve Milmore of Cognos, +1-781-313-2403, or , or Alp Pekkocak of Celequest, +1-650-637-2172, or ; or Investor Relations, John Lawlor of Cognos, +1-613-738-3503, or Web site: http://www.cognos.com/ http://www.celequest.com/ http://www.techtarget.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/107867.html

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