Question

Explainn History of Cognos BI

Answer 1

Below is the history of IBM Cognos

Year	Milestone
1969	Cognos software was founded by Alan Rushforth and Peter Glenister.
1979	It began as a consulting firm for the Canadian Government and offered its first software product, QUIZ.
1982	Originally Quasar Systems Limited, it adopted the name Cognos in the year
1982	Cognos name is derived from a fragment scissor off the Latin word “cognosco. It means “knowledge from personal experience.”
1995	Ron Zambonini was appointed as a CEO of and Cognos.
2007	IBM formally announced its acquisition of Cognos for the sum of $4.9 billion.
2009	From 2009, the software is called “Cognos Bl and Financial Performance Management” or Cognos Bl and FPM.
2010	Cognos acquired SPSS were brought together to create the Business Analytics division.
2015	The IBM Insight conference in Las Vegas, announced a redesigned version 11 and upgraded from Cognos BI software and renamed it Cognos Analytics.
2018	Cognos Analytics Released version 12
2021	Release 11.0.13 version with new installation process.