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Information Technology News Cognos and Google to deliver BI search solution
Information Technology News Cognos and Google to deliver BI search solution | Cognos and Google to deliver BI search solution |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Thursday, 20 April 2006 | |
  
Through joint development efforts with Google, Cognos is extending the capabilities of its Cognos Go! Search Service by allowing reports, analyses, dashboards, key metrics, and alerts to be directly accessed through the new Google OneBox for Enterprise. Cognos claims the solution will enable a far-greater range of users in an organisation to take advantage of strategic enterprise information, leading to better overall performance management. Business intelligence (BI)has historically not been available to enterprise search solutions. According to Cognos, companies will now be able to allow any end user to instantly gain access to enterprise performance, driving mass adoption of BI across the organisation. The aim is to help more users make informed business decisions, driving better overall enterprise performance. Users will type in keywords and phrases into the Google search bar, and see the most relevant Cognos BI content at their fingertips. Cognos says its solution will deliver search results through Google OneBox in three modules. A Report Module will delivers instant answers to common questionsdisplayed as graphical charts, tables, and maps that provide users with an at-a-glance understanding of a business issue. AMetric Module will provide a visual representation of a related key performance metric and its status. A Search Module will present the most relevant links to other BI information, such as related alerts, dashboards, reports, or analyses. “Search is the natural way for people to quickly and easily find answers or information to help drive their business in the right direction,” said Dave Girouard, VP and general manager of Google Enterprise. “By opening the world of business intelligence to our search capabilities, enterprise customers will gain secure, easy access to a wealth of information about corporate performance directly through Google search.” “With this alliance, Google and Cognos are combining the ease of searching with Google with the best of BI,” said Rob Rose, chief strategy officer at Cognos. “With this alliance, Google and Cognos can help companies enhance the value of their BI deployments by making full report content, from financial to operational reports, searchable by anyone in the organization. Now, finding information from within corporate data sources is as easy as performing a Google search for a Power Point.” The Cognos Go! Search Service will be available in May.{moscomment} |
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