IBM Cognos
For Business Intelligence and Business Analytics

Advanced Business Solutions is partnered with IBM Cognos and is its largest UK partner.  The well respected IBM Cognos tools for Business Intelligence, Corporate Performance Management and Financial Consolidation (applicable to groups of organisations only) are highly popular with our customers.

Our IBM Cognos Solution Portfolio ranges from the recently introduced IBM Cognos Express for midsized organisations through to IBM Cognos 10 for groups/global enterprises.

Business Intelligence and Business Analytics layers

IBM Cognos Express

IBM Cognos Express is the first and only integrated business intelligence and planning solution which has been purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies.  It delivers the essential reporting, analysis, dashboards, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities of BI and CPM solutions at a price that midsize companies can afford.

As the largest supplier of business accounting software, business management and information systems to this sector, Advanced Business Solutions is ideally placed to supply IBM Cognos Express in successful BI and CPM implementations tailored specifically to your organisation’s needs.

IBM Cognos TM1

IBM Cognos TM1 is BI and CP/enterprise planning software used to implement powerful analytical and reporting capabilities throughout your organisation as well as collaborative planning, budgeting, forecasting and modelling solutions for strategic advantage.

Its strength lies in its fast, powerful OLAP (On Line Analytic Processing) based query and reporting functionality which supports complex ‘What if?’ analysis and modelling – spanning operational and financial environments in medium and large organisations.  TM1 can analyse complex and sophisticated models, large data sets and even streamed data for an up-to-the-minute status of every participant in the planning process.

IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence

IBM Cognos 10 Business Intelligence delivers the complete range of BI capabilities: reporting, analysis, scorecarding, dashboards and business event management as well as data integration, on a single, proven architecture.  In the CPM layer, its enterprise planning capabilities align decision makers, budgets and plans; reduce consolidation times; improve accountability and your organisation’s visibility of the corporate planning cycle, end-to-end.

Advanced Business Solutions is expert in IBM Cognos 10 and with 500+ successful Business Intelligence implementations with UK customers, we can apply our proven methodology to ensure a similar result with an IBM Cognos 10 based solution in your organisation, from midsized to global.

Within the Business Intelligence and Business Analytics layers, Advanced Business Solutions also provides offerings from its own solution portfolio, Microsoft, SAP Business Objects and SAP.

Financial Consolidation layer

IBM Cognos 8 Controller

IBM Cognos 8 Controller is a Business Analytics solution which specialises in financial consolidation capabilities for groups/global organisations.

It brings the power of  Business Analyticsto bear on the bespoke requirements of these operations, synchronising financial information, reporting cycles and outputs to ensure consistency, reduce consolidation times, provide powerful drill-down capabilities and swift ‘What if?’ modelling to support strategic decision making.
As IBM Cognos’ largest UK partner and with its long-standing track record in financial applications and Business Intelligence, Advanced Business Solutions is well placed to advise on and implement an IBM Cognos 8 Controller based environment within your group operations.

Advanced Business Solutions also offers SAP’s Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) as an alternative choice for customers in financial consolidation.  Our skilled consultants are able to advise on the best choice of solution to suit your organisation’s circumstances, whether already based on IBM Cognos, SAP or another leading vendor.