IBM Cognos

Background
IBM Cognos is one of the leading business intelligence providers. The dominance in this area was built around ease of reporting and ready access to ad hoc tools that analysts preferred to use. Founded in 1969, Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos was originally known as Quasar and adopted its current name in 1982.

Cognos acquired the following companies and assimilated their products with a lot of functionality:

1999 – LEX2000 – now Cognos Finance, although discontinued