September 30, 2013, by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.Cognos security is a key foundation of every successful Cognos BI environment. And while no environment likely ever fails because of security, unless...
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The Hidden World of Cognos Metadata
by Rick Ryan on August 21, 2013
August 21, 2013, by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.People new to administering or managing Cognos BI often assume that a lot of the information they need to manage their Cognos environment and Content...
Merging or Consolidating Cognos Environments
by Rick Ryan on June 27, 2013
June 27, 2013, by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.One of the many challenges that Cognos BI users often face is the need to consolidate or merge one or more Cognos environments into another one. This may...
Cognos BI Administration – Lessons From the Trenches
by Rick Ryan on May 31, 2013
May 31, 2013, 2013 by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc."Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein We regularly get feedback from customers and prospective customers on the...
Cognos Analytics and the Brave New World of Big Data
by Rick Ryan on March 29, 2013
March 29, 2013 by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.Confused by all of the headlines you see about Big Data? You’re not alone. Big Data is probably the most over-hyped term in the technology world since ...
The Gartner Magic Quadrant: Cognos BI – Is the Magic Still There?
by Rick Ryan on February 27, 2013
February 27, 2013 by Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc.IBM has managed to successfully integrate Cognos into the fold, maintaining and improving its position in the BI market while leveraging the Cognos...
The Convergence of BI, Analytics and Big Data
by Rick Ryan on January 31, 2013
Jan. 29, 2013, by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.The Business Intelligence market and Analytics are converging on the crest of the Big Data wave. Some of the major trends behind this are better tools and...
Sizing the Cognos Content Store
by Rick Ryan on December 20, 2012
By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.The single biggest issue for many Cognos administrators is the out-of-control growth of their Cognos Content Store. This usually happens after the environment has been...
IOD 2012 - What’s New in Cognos 10.2
by Rick Ryan on November 29, 2012
By Elwood Philbrick, Envisn, Inc.Those attending the recent IBM Information on Demand event in Las Vegas looking for a big splash by Cognos were likely disappointed. Cognos 10 was introduced two...
Cognos Dynamic Cubes – The Next New Thing
by Rick Ryan on November 1, 2012
By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc. At IOD in Las Vegas last week the session titled “Making the Move to Dynamic Query” more than half the 200 attendees came expecting to learn about the migration path for...
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