Cognos Sandbox/Interactive Test Site

[SS07185@bcbsa.com]

Gurus-
We are upgrading to Cognos 10 here in the next month. I want to get into an environment where I can just preview the tools/play around with some sample data. My focus is to test/check out Report Studio and the Business Insights Advanced.
I am simply trying to evaluate charting and look and feel for the moment.

I know Cognos comes with a 30 day free trial but our environment here is so locked down I would not be able to install it and getting an install will take forever.

Is there a sandbox/open site I can accesss that would have an instance of cognos installed with some dummy data to play around? I've already watched the youtube videos etc...I want to actually get in there and play around for a little while.

If you have a URL with a u/n p/w that can be leveraged I would be greatly appreciative.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Shawn

[MFGF]

Hi,

I think IBM have offerings in their SmartCloud, but it's not a free service. You pay for using the service.

Take a look at the link below (scroll to the bottom of the page)

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/im/cognosbi/cloud.html

Cheers!

MF.