Editing Cognos (section)

{{Short description|Defunct Canadian software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Cognos
| logo = File:Cognos wordmark.svg
| logo_caption = Wordmark of company before [[IBM]] acquisition
| type = [[Brand]] (of [[IBM]])
| fate = Acquired
| foundation = 1969
| founder = Alan Rushforth<br />Peter Glenister
| defunct = {{End date|2009}}
| location = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| key_people = Rob Ashe, General Manager, IBM Business Analytics
| num_employees = 
| revenue = 
| industry  = [[Software]] 
| products  = [[Business intelligence]]<br>[[Data visualization]]<br>[[Analytics]]  
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics|Official website}} 
}}

'''Cognos Incorporated''' was an [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]-based [[company (law)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/11/12/acquisitions-ibm-buys-cognos-microsoft-buys-musiwave/ |title=Acquisitions: IBM Buys Cognos, Microsoft Buys Musiwave |date=Nov 12, 2007 |last=Riley |first=Duncan }}</ref> While no longer an independent company, the Cognos name continues to be applied to IBM's line of [[List of IBM products#Middleware and applications|business intelligence and performance management products]].