Cognos is angling its Cognos 8 BI software at financial spreadsheet users with new software that integrates tightly with Microsoft Excel. BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel targets financial analysts and ...

Excel-based interfaces for business intelligence are becoming a trend in the marketplace, indicating that the spreadsheet application is here to stay, according to an industry analyst. Ottawa ...

Excel spreadsheets that can't be securely traced can lead to data errors. In a nutshell, Cognos operates in the background collecting data sources, but Excel remains the user interface.

Cognos has unveiled Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel, which allows Excel users to access and analyze data generated by the Cognos 8 BI platform.