BOSTON — IBM Corp. is making its largest acquisition ever, a deal announced Monday to buy Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in cash in an effort to keep up with rivals in “business intelligence” software.

IBM is acquiring Cognos, the last major publicly held business intelligence software vendor, for $5 billion, the two companies announced Monday. The move comes near the end of a year that has seen ...

IBM plans to prove that math is fundamental. Now that it has closed the books on its $5 billion acquisition of business intelligence software maker Cognos, IBM has said it will differentiate itself in ...

Nov. 12, 2007, 8:25 AM EST / Source: The Associated Press IBM Corp. said Monday it plans to buy Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in cash, a deal that could help it keep pace with rivals in “business ...

NEW YORK — One week after completing its acquisition of Cognos Inc., IBM today said it was ready with new product offerings that integrate some of its technologies with the business intelligence ...

IBM executives said they expect a majority of sales of the pre-integrated solutions to go through IBM and Cognos channel partners. They also promised to maintain Cognos's channel program at least ...

Two of IBM’s most popular analysis products, the Cognos Business Intelligence and the SPSS predictive analytics package, are headed for the cloud, the latest in an ongoing push by IBM to port its vast ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

IBM’s Cognos 8 business intelligence software is now generally available for System z mainframes running Linux, the company announced Monday. The company announced its plans to port Cognos 8 to System ...

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IBM has released software that allows BlackBerry users to access more of its applications, including its Cognos business intelligence software and Lotus Connections. It’s part of an ongoing trend ...

In a move rumored for months, Big Blue to pay $5 billion in cash for the business intelligence company to fill out its information management portfolio. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...