Cognos Vice President of Product Management to Speak at the CIBC World Markets 7th Annual Enterprise Software 1x1 Conference on August 7

    OTTAWA AND BURLINGTON, MASS., August 1 /CNW/ - Cognos (Nasdaq:   COGN)
(TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance
management solutions, today announced that Eric Yau, vice president of product
management, will speak at the CIBC World Markets 7th Annual Enterprise
Software 1x1 Conference on August 7 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York, NY.

    Mr. Yau will discuss the current market landscape in business
intelligence and performance management, and the company's strategies for
continued market leadership. Mr. Yau will also detail how Cognos provides
global organizations with a complete performance management system, and how
that system can deliver higher performance across the enterprise.

    About Cognos:

    Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance
management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software
and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and
operational performance.

    Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best
practices, and a broad network of partners to give customers a complete
performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and adaptive
solution that leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and
database investments. It gives customers the ability to answer the questions
-- How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? -
and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while planning
future business strategies.

    Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and
its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes.
Cognos performance management solutions and services are also available from
more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit
the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.

    Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

    Note to Editors: Copies of previous Cognos press releases and Corporate
and product information are available on the Cognos Web site at
http://www.cognos.com.

For further information:

For further information: Media Contact: Cognos Carrie Bendzsa,
613-738-1440 carrie.bendzsa@cognos.com or LP&P Jessica Sutera, 781-782-5789
jessica_sutera@lpp.com or Investor Relations: Cognos John Lawlor, 613-738-3503
john.lawlor@cognos.com