IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence (BI) helps organizations meet strategic objectives and provides real value for the business by delivering the information everyone needs while also reducing the burden on IT. By implementing Cognos Business Intelligence, as explained in this IBM Redbooks® Solution Guide, your organization can solve business problems, improve its competitive position, better manage business, and identify opportunities for future growth and success.

Organizations can meet strategic objectives and take advantage of real value for the business thanks to IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence. Cognos Business Intelligence delivers the information that everyone in the organization needs and reduces the burden on IT. By implementing Cognos Business Intelligence, your organization can solve business problems, improve its competitive position, better manage business, and identify opportunities for future growth and success. Cognos Business Intelligence has many common and successful uses, including graphical analysis and reporting as shown in Figure 1.


Figure 1. Sample Graphical Analysis and Reporting chart


Did you know?

Over 50 years ago, Hans Peter Luhn of IBM Germany coined the phrase "business intelligence (BI)." He defined it as "the ability to apprehend the inter-relationships of presented facts in such a way as to guide action toward a desired goal." Over one quarter of businesses plan to use BI with the cloud.


Business value

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides a unified workspace for BI and analytics that the entire organization can use to answer key business questions and outperform the competition. With Cognos Business Intelligence, users can take advantage of the following capabilities: