Cognos Data Manager

Cognos Data Manager is a conventional ETL (extract, transform and load) tool that has extended capabilities for supporting data warehousing environments and data marts that make the management of those data stores much simpler than would otherwise be the case.

In theory, you could use Cognos Data Manager in conjunction with third party business intelligence tools (since the product delivers an open business model) though this is not a market that Cognos is addressing or is likely to in the future. An alternate market is for Cognos users to employ Cognos Data Manager for more generic data integration purposes. While entirely feasible (and some of the company’s customers have done this) this is also not a market that Cognos is particularly focusing on, though it is alive to the possibilities that are available.

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