IBM Cognos honors the achievements of business partners ...

IBM Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, has honoured top-selling partners on its annual Partner Kick-off

A total of 12 partners were able to increase sales so significantly that they have managed to get promoted to a higher partner category: Three partners were awarded silver status, five partners achieved gold partner status and four partners reached the platinum status as the highest achievable category. Besides information about new Cognos products, presentation of the recent BARC study "BI in the midmarket" and the sharing of strategies, the awarding of the Partner Awards were the centre of attention.

Prizes for outstanding achievement went to novem, simple fact, ISR and ascention. Medium-sized companies in Germany rely on software for business intelligence, because leaders recognise strategic information for being essential to the business and to ensure competitive advantage. >>