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Who "makes" Cognos Analytics now?

Started by Blue, 05 Jul 2018 05:01:18 PM

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Blue

Yesterday, I conversed with a colleague who is ex-IBM. He told me that Cognos (didn't specify the toolset but implied it was CA) is no longer "made" by IBM. In fact he said it is now developed in India by a group somewhat independent of IBM but still branded and sold under the IBM name.

Anyone on this board have any info to clarify his information to me please?

Robert Edis
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Robert Edis Consulting
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Quote from: Blue on 05 Jul 2018 05:01:18 PM
Yesterday, I conversed with a colleague who is ex-IBM. He told me that Cognos (didn't specify the toolset but implied it was CA) is no longer "made" by IBM. In fact he said it is now developed in India by a group somewhat independent of IBM but still branded and sold under the IBM name.

Anyone on this board have any info to clarify his information to me please?

As far as I'm aware that's wholly, totally, wildly untrue. If I were you I'd garner the advice of someone who is current-IBM rather than ex-IBM :)

I wonder if your colleague is getting Cognos confused with Informix? In 2017 IBM announced a strategic partnership with HCL to jointly develop and market Informix products. http://www.iiug.org/en/2017/04/17/ibm-and-hcl-strategic-partnership-to-jointly-develop-and-market-ibm-informix/

I also wonder if your colleague is getting Cognos confused with Disclosure Management (previously known as Cognos Disclosure Management)? This is now owned and marketed by Certent.
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/announce/clarity/

To the best of my knowledge, Cognos Analytics continues to be developed by IBM developers in Canada. I could be wrong, though (and often have been).

Cheers!

MF.
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