And so it continues…..with IBM agreeing to acquire Cognos for approximately $5 billion [$58 per share]. The acquisition is subject to Cognos shareholder approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, but is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008.
Following completion of the acquisition, IBM intends to integrate Cognos as a group within IBM’s [...]
IBM announced today a $5 billion bid for Enterprise Reporting Company Cognos. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008, however, rumor has it there is a 30% chance of a possible rival bid from either HP or Oracle.
Cogmos is a robust reporting and analytics software development, who recently launched Cognos [...]
Comments(0) I find it interesting to see how many Business Intelligence iniatives are driven by IT, yet only 10% of a BI implementation is technology based. Does this herald difficulties for organisations in the future, who like most technology implementations view them as a necessary evil and huge interuption to their day.
What difference would it make [...]
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