Competitive, fast-moving companies are increasingly challenged by management, investors, and global competitors to find more effective business tools and solutions. To forecast and report effectively, they need to get the right information to the right people in the form they need it - and change any element quickly. They require a highly flexible business analytics solution across the enterprise - from manufacturing, sales, and service, to finance, human resources, and marketing, all the way up to the boardroom.

IBM Cognos solutions provide the only complete business analytics environment and a unified array of performance management applications. IBM Cognos TM1 supports the full range of business requirements - from simple static reporting to real-time, dynamic enterprise analytics - and delivers immediate feedback to drive better decision-making at all levels of the business.