Built with modern, service-oriented architecture, IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence integrates with your technology standards today, and can adapt as you evolve. Get more value from your current infrastructure and extend your performance management capabilities for tomorrow.

1. How does the IBM Cognos 8 platform leverage my infrastructure today and tomorrow?

• Environment neutral. Leverages existing heterogeneous platforms, security, portal and Web environments. Learn about supported environments.
• Standards based. Adopts modern technology standards such as SOAP and WSDL and adapts as those change.
• Location transparent. Deploy any number of services on any server, and make them accessible anywhere.
• Flexible peer-to-peer services. Flexible distribution options fit your chosen hardware strategy.

2. How does the IBM Cognos 8 platform help further our performance management capacity?

• A single open API. IT has full access to all functionality and can deliver quickly on changing needs.
• Purpose-built services. Purpose-built services assures rapid innovation by by IBM Cognos, partners, and customers.
• Embeddable services. IT can embed functionality into applications, such as BPM and search, to easily extend the solution.

Learn more:

• IBM Cognos 8 BI Demo: System Administration Module
• Read about IBM Cognos 8 BI capabilities