Bowstreet and Cognos Team Up to Offer Portal-based Data Analysis and Reporting
Bowstreet Business Web Portals to deliver single, web-based point of personalized access to Cognos business intelligence
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LYNNFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001-- Web services pioneer Bowstreet (www.bowstreet.com) today announced it has joined the Cognos® Enterprise Portal Program (EPP), providing a cost-effective way to bring Cognos-powered business intelligence (BI) to portals for customers, employees, partners and suppliers.
Through the Cognos EPP, Bowstreet can optimize its Business Web Portals to seamlessly integrate with Cognos Upfront, a portal service that provides end users with a single, web-based point of access to Cognos BI information, as well as non-BI content. Using Cognos Upfront, content delivery and management is centralized and accessible through an interface that can be customized to meet the unique needs of different types of users. By integrating Cognos query, reporting and data analysis into their portal of choice, users can search, review and analyze business-critical information for decision-making, ultimately enhancing relationships with customers, suppliers and partners.
Web services save time and money
Bowstreet seizes economies of scale by offering the only enterprise portal platform powered by web services, the new computing model being embraced by Global 2000 companies and technology industry leaders, including BEA Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. With Bowstreet, business users can point and click to customize the Cognos offering, as well as other portal web services, for each user. This approach provides companies with a distinct time and cost advantage over hard-coded, one-size-fits-all portal applications.
``The Cognos Enterprise Portal Program provides our partners the ability to develop integration with Cognos' industry-leading business intelligence solutions,'' said Patrick O'Leary, Cognos vice president of strategic alliances. ``Working together, Cognos and Bowstreet will enable joint customers to unite traditional and e-business processes and provide timely information delivery to customers, partners and suppliers for maximum performance. Bowstreet's web services approach brings a significant added return on investment to the mix.''
Bowstreet's Business Web Portals are packaged software products built on the Bowstreet(TM) Business Web Factory. They optimize its dynamic assembly and mass-customization capability for a wide range of e-business initiatives, including enterprise information sharing, eCRM, syndicated storefronts, corporate intranets, partner extranets and supply chain collaboration.
``There's no reason to hardwire and maintain one-size-fits-all portals when you can point and click so that web services dynamically assemble themselves in unique combinations for each user,'' said Kristen Brown, Bowstreet vice president of business development. ``Bowstreet-powered EIPs combine the power of web services and our mass-customization capabilities to deliver Cognos-powered business intelligence in countless forms to anyone who needs it, just when they need it.'' |
