IT can be the leaders and catalysts for effective performance management and business intelligence. Their success will depend on making it easy–for users and the IT department. With the launch of IBM Cognos 8 BI version 3, IT can now leverage a platform that is the market leader in ease of deployment, administration, and management.

With IBM Cognos 8 BI, IT can provide the organization with an open, service-oriented, enterprise-class platform that provides a complete and consistent view of all data–without requiring implementation of multiple tools or synchronization or switching of tools. With broad system management capabilities, IT productivity remains high, while exceeding service level commitments to the business–even as the solution and user community grows. The Cognos 8 platform is completely infrastructure neutral to work with the organization's chosen infrastructure, and adapts with future technology strategies to leverage the technology choices you have already made.