Less than a week after acquiring analytics vendor
Applix, business intelligence and performance
management solutions provider Cognos has expanded its strategic
relationship with Informatica, a provider of data
integration and data quality software.
In essence, Cognos
has signed a worldwide reseller agreement with Informatica for its
data quality software. Under terms of the agreement, Cognos will
resell Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer
products as part of its performance management portfolio. Cognos
and Informatica will also team to jointly provide customers with
data integration capabilities ion order to strengthen the overall
performance management solutions from the respective
organisations.
The upshot is that
Informatica can extend its reach to
new performance management markets through interoperability
with Cognos Performance Management technology. The system combines
technology, best practices, analytical applications and a network
of partners into a single performance management solution. Also as
part of the alliance, Cognos has created complementary Data Quality
Professional Services to boost technology implementation.
Analysing the
significance of the deal, Henry Morris, Senior VP of Worldwide
Software and Services Research at IDC, said, “Data quality is a
business issue that impacts corporate performance, and business
stakeholders are key to the success of any data quality
initiative," said. “The integration of Cognos performance
management applications with Informatica data quality solutions
(with associated Cognos and Informatica services) gives needed
visibility into data quality issues to business professionals. This
combined solution should increase confidence in the accuracy of
information, enabling a more complete and accurate viewpoint on
results, operations and strategies."
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