Cognos Positioned as a Leader in 2006 Business Intelligence Reporting and Analysis Platforms Report  
[ February 8, 2006 ]
Cognos today announced that Forrester Research, Inc. has recognized Cognos as a leader in BI reporting and analysis platforms, according to the new Forrester Wave™: BI Reporting and Analysis Platforms, Q1 2006. Forrester ranked Cognos as a leader based on the company’s strategy, market presence, and current offering, Cognos 8 Business Intelligence.

Cognos Positioned In Leaders Quadrant In New Analyst Report Evaluating Business Intelligence Platforms  
[ January 10, 2006 ]
Cognos announced it is positioned in the Leaders quadrant of both Gartner, Inc.’s new Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant and the recent Corporate Performance Management Suites Magic Quadrant. Gartner evaluates vendors based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Sybase IQ Receives Certification for Integration with SAP NetWeaver® Business Intelligence  
[ November 14, 2005 ]
Sybase, Inc. announced certification of its leading analytics server, Sybase IQ, for integration with SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, allowing customers:
* Access to Sybase IQ intelligence data stores through the SAP Business Information Warehouse interface
* Direct access to external data for users of SAP Business Information Warehouse
* Better performance – saving time, storage capacity and costs

IBM Unveils Software to Gain Control of Data  
[ November 14, 2005 ]
IBM today announced new software developed to help companies free data throughout their organization and turn it into consistent and trusted information that reduces complexity, increases insight and transforms business operations.

Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Now Generally Available For Customers Worldwide  
[ November 18, 2005 ]
Cognos announced the immediate general availability of Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, the industry’s first solution that delivers complete BI capabilities in a single product, on a single Web Services-based architecture.

Cognos Launches Cognos 8 Business Intelligence  
[ Sept 14, 2005 ]
Cognos announced the worldwide launch of Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, the industry’s first product that provides the complete range of BI functionality on a single, proven Web Services-based architecture.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's successfully implementated Sybase IQ  
[ July 7, 2005 ]
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's successfully implementated Sybase IQ. Lewis Walker explains how they developed a reliable data-rich warehouse producing faster load times and query results, with more comprehensive information views - all at a lower cost.

Sybase Demonstrates Price Performance Leadership for Reporting and Analytics  
[ May 24, 2005 ]
Sybase, announced winning price/performance results in recent TPC-H benchmark disclosures using both Sybase® IQ Single Application Server Edition, a highly optimized analytic database engine, and various SPARC®-based Sun Fire™ Servers running the Solaris™ 10 Operating System.

IBM to Acquire Ascential Software  
[ March 14, 2005 ]
IBM and Ascential Software Corporation today announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire the equity of Ascential Software, a publicly held company based in Westboro, Mass., in an all cash transaction at a price of approximately $1.1 billion or $18.50 per share.

Cognos in Leader Quadrant Position in Business Intelligence 
[ 29 Nov 2004 ]
Newest Magic Quadrant Report recognizes Cognos based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Sun and Sybase Create World's Largest Data Warehouse, Breaking Through One Trillion Row Threshold  
[ 04 Oct 2004 ]
Using its patented data compression, Sybase IQ needed less than 55 terabytes on the Sun StorEdge storage sub-systems to store the 155 terabytes of input data, providing proof that Sybase IQ can dramatically reduce storage costs by up to 90 percent over competitors.

With one trillion rows of data, the Sun and Sybase data warehouse can hold enough data to track the history of all world financial trades on all stock exchanges in the entire world over the last seven years.