Planning + BI for Midsize Companies

IBM Cognos Express is the first and only integrated planning & business intelligence (BI) solution purpose-built to meet the needs of mid-size companies. It delivers the essential reporting, analysis, dashboard, scorecard, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities that mid-size companies need at an affordable price. Everything is included in a pre-configured solution that is easy to install, easy to use and easy to buy.

Product Features & Benefits

  • Provides an easy-to-use, Web-based interface for finance and non-finance users to contribute plan data and view current plans
  • Enables managers to monitor the status of every participant in the planning process
  • Delivers the full breadth of reporting capabilities, including financial, production, operational, transactional, managed or ad hoc reports
  • Has simple, intuitive, drag-and-drop authoring capabilities for self-service reporting by any user
  • Uses drill-down and drill-up capabilities and flexible graphic displays for quick analysis of key areas, such as customers, products and geographies
  • Includes high-impact visualizations and charts, including bar, line, area, pie, radar, bubble, scatter and range charts and graphs, plus geo maps, dial indicators and heat/performance maps.
  • Produces powerful dashboards that can be created quickly and shared instantly throughout the organization
  • Managed Workflow Process
  • Build and test business scenarios with powerful "what-if" modeling
  • Eliminate data silos and inconsistencies throughout the organization with centrally managed data, business hierarchies, rules and calculations

A one-stop Planning & BI Solution

Cognos Express: Planning, Forecasting & BI for Midsize Companies

Start Date: Tuesday May 8, 2012 @ 2pm
Time Zone: EDT
Registration: FREE

IBM Cognos FSR: The Silver Bullet for Automated SEC Reporting & XBRL Detailed Footnote Tagging

Start Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 2:00pm
Time Zone: EST
Registration: FREE