Cognos

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Cognos

Wordmark of company before IBM acquisition
Company type	Brand (of IBM)
Industry	Software
Founded	1969
Founder	Alan Rushforth Peter Glenister
Defunct	2009 (2009)
Fate	Acquired
Headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Key people	Rob Ashe, General Manager, IBM Business Analytics
Products	Business intelligence Data visualization Analytics
Website	Official website

Cognos Incorporated was an Ottawa, Ontario-based company making business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software. Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries until being acquired by IBM on January 31, 2008.^[1] While no longer an independent company, the Cognos name continues to be applied to IBM's line of business intelligence and performance management products.