Cognos(R) ReportNet(TM) Embraced as Enterprise Reporting Standard; Showcased to 9,000 Customers Worldwide

-- A broad range of global leaders select Cognos ReportNet solution as reporting standard --

BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 4, 2003 -- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management, today announced Cognos ReportNet has been showcased to more than 9,000 customers, prospects and influencers in a series of ongoing global events. Adopted worldwide as an enterprise reporting standard by organizations like Fujisawa Europe, Syngenta, Alfred Publishing and Manugistics, Cognos ReportNet has been called a "major breakthrough for BI and reporting convergence" by Ventana Research.

Since Sept. 9, the breakthrough reporting solution has been demonstrated to thousands in 31 cities around the globe during the world-wide launch Webcast, Enterprise 2003 Business Forums and regional events. Cognos ReportNet gives organizations, for the first time, an all-in-one, single-vendor enterprise reporting solution that offers pixel-perfect, high-quality production reports, ad hoc query, and complex, compound operational reporting.

Cognos ReportNet eliminates the need for multiple reporting tools and the resulting costs due to duplicated training, maintenance, administration, servers, support, and lack of consistency in the information users need to make decisions.

According to Gartner, Global 2000 enterprises are looking to drive "a uniform BI strategy throughout the enterprises. Many of these enterprises are forming BI competency centers to drive strategic implementations and foster best practices. Often, this includes consolidation and standardization of tools."

A wide range of global organizations are selecting Cognos ReportNet as a enterprise reporting standard to effectively gather information from a wide range of disparate sources including:

-- Syngenta

-- Alfred Publishing

-- Manugistics

-- Noodles & Co.

"Cognos ReportNet will allow Fujisawa to standardize all of our reporting requirements on a single solution, and significantly reduce the time to author key reports for business user consumption. The key for us was the 'self- service' nature of the Cognos ReportNet authoring environment. The drag and drop functionality will enable our business users to create the reports they need in minutes," said Nicola Marangoni, business intelligence/data warehouse manager, Fujisawa GmbH. "Cognos ReportNet's easy authentication and open security also set Cognos apart given the sensitivity of our data."

"Where previously multiple report instances and server instances were required to support multiple languages, now ReportNet can accomplish the same task with one report from one server. The ownership cost savings implications for multi-national companies are potentially large with this feature," said Eric Rogge, vice president and research director, Ventana Research.

ABOUT COGNOS

Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management, delivers software that helps companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance.

Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage -- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) -- achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Our integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence.

Cognos serves more than 22,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence and 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.

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