By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.Introduced in 1990, Cognos PowerPlay set a new standard in terms of both ease of use and power in decision support technology. It quickly became the leading product in...
IOD 2013 - What’s New in Cognos 10
by Rick Ryan on November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013, by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc. In the three years since the introduction of Cognos 10 IBM Cognos has introduced a number of new things for the product including Dynamic Cubes,...
The Ultimate Cognos Answer Machine
by Rick Ryan on October 30, 2013
October 29, 2013, By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc.Our NetVisn product was designed to go broad and deep in terms of providing Cognos administrators and developers with the ability to manage key tasks and...
Cognos Security – When is it Time to Start Over?
by Rick Ryan on September 30, 2013
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...
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...
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