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Joint customers able to leverage and extend ERP data with Oracle-Validated, industry-leading reporting, dashboarding, analysis, scorecarding and event management capabilities of Cognos 8 BI: Cognos, a world leader in business intelligence (BI) and performance management solutions, today announced validated out of the box integration between Cognos 8 BI and Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise EPM 8.9. Through Cognos 8 BI, PeopleSoft metadata and security is analyzed and published to the Cognos environment which immediately enables secured business intelligence directly on customer's PeopleSoft Enterprise EPM 8.9 deployments. This integration allows joint global customers to rapidly deploy Cognos 8 BI's proven reporting, dashboarding, analysis, querying and scorecarding capabilities across their organization. Customers can combine both Peoplesoft and non-Peoplesoft data together in a single report, immediately uncover and capitalize on profit-building opportunities, establish critical business metrics, evaluate enterprise efficiency, and empower employees to make better decisions. According to Cognos sponsored IDC research, "one of the key variables that organizations looking to increase data quality and consistency should focus on when implementing a business analytics system is support for heterogeneous data sources that span multiple instances of operational (e.g. ERP, CRM, SCM) as well as analytic systems." Recent IDC Survey analysis found that 34% of organizations with $500 million or more in revenue have 10 or more operational source systems feeding their business analytics solution.* Cognos 8 BI offers centralized information distribution from any ERP system, database, or data source. Users have one place to go for all their business intelligence needs and administrators have one environment to manage. With centralized metadata across metrics, OLAP, and relational data sources, thousands of users have instant access to goal-driven metrics, in-depth analysis, and robust business and production reports spanning the entire enterprise -- all from a single interface. "We welcome this certified integration, which validates Cognos 8 BI's seamless functionality with Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise EPM 8.9," said Sherlock Holmes, President, Cognos platinum reseller partner Genware. "Customers need an agile, self-service BI platform that serves as an integrated bridge for diverse data sources. This integration is valuable for customers as they gain a single view of all data across the enterprise for clear performance visibility." "This integration lets joint customers take advantage of our proven BI capabilities and intuitive interface to create a self-service report or perform an analysis of their ERP data to drive better business decisions," said Leah Macmillan, vice-president, BI product marketing, Cognos. "Our single platform offers a consistent, complete view of information across business applications such as PeopleSoft EPM, allowing our customers to easily extend the value of their EPM investment." A data sheet on the integration is available at its Web site. Cognos 8 BI is a groundbreaking product that provides decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with a consistent, complete view of information to better manage performance. As a single product that easily integrates into existing infrastructures with multiple systems and data sources, Cognos 8 BI is a robust technology foundation for BI standardization and corporate performance management. For further information visit: its Web site.