IBM Cognos Previous Solutions

Carlos Larrad Salgado - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director Operations Management Control at Mapfre

There are other solutions we also use, such as Tableau and Power Bi, depending on the project. But in these applications, there isn't the same amount of data available to analyze, so you have to provide the data for each dashboard, in each case. For all the solutions we use, we have safety measures to ensure the security of the data, but with Tableau and Power BI, the setup is less organized than Cognos.

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Kumar Gurram - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Analyst at HSBC

I have used Power BI and Tableau.

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SalmanAhmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of ERP Applications at Patel Hospital

We previously used Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense, and Tableau but had licensing issues with them. We switched to IBM Cognos because it's a mature solution. Also, the user interface and integration are quite simple as compared to those of other solutions such as Power BI. Also, we liked that IBM Cognos has forecasting and data structuring capabilities.

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Paulius Bistrickis - PeerSpot reviewer
CFO at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used Excel before IBM Cognos, and we switched because of the benefit of analytics. Top management also wanted the analytics and created this initiative.

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MM
Consultant at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

My company has worked with Microsoft Power BI.

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SusheelA - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Metrics & Analytics with 5,001-10,000 employees

The analytical parts of IBM Cognos are some of the best in the market, it is excellent. I've used Qlik Sense, Microsoft BI, Oracle Business Intelligence, and to some extent Tableau. The second feature that IBM Cognos is excellent with, is the table structure that we can create on the fly. I have had a very good experience with them.

Microsoft BI is much more user-friendly and non-technical personnel can also start working on the Microsoft BI quickly. It would be great if IBM Cognos would also look at doing something on that front, where a non-technical person can also develop some small, very basic dashboard on their own.

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PP
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We did use other reporting in the past, however, it was not as good or as easily scheduled as this product.

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JB
Cognos BI Developer at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am not aware of any previous solutions.

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LZ
Managing Consultant at Adaptive USA

I work with customers who have multiple BI solutions in-house. I position Cognos where I see fit, utilizing the application for its strongest assets and where I see the most value-add.

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FS
RPA Architect & RPA Product Owner at Francisco Sosa

We were working with Power BI on a local deployment, but unfortunately, it suddenly presented some issues. We tried to re-install it but were not successful. To this day, we still don't know why this happened. 

We quickly changed to IBM Cognos and is quite good.

We were also working with Tableau. It's also a local installation. It's very good, very powerful, and has a lot of features you can use to analyze the data. Cognos is easier to use.

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AS
DWH/Cognos Project Lead at Syntel Inc @ Mercedes Benz USA

Always been using different versions of Cognos - right from the Impromptu.

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it_user123936 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Programmer Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used Crystal Reports; a more powerful platform was needed, plus IBM Cognos is easier for front-end/business users.

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PN
Founder, Owner and CEO at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I’ve always used this solution.

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SA
Director - Metrics & Analytics at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We did use Cognos Express originally. It's built for smaller deployments, and we were on the margins in terms of parameters. In the end, our organization found that it was too small for our needs and we moved up to their Enterprise option.

We also use Phillips and Oracle Business Intelligence as well as Power BI.

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it_user551517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Cognos BI Developer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

I used a different solution in a prior organization. They switched from Cognos to Business Objects. The decision was made due to the ERP provider (Epic) having some pre-built BI solutions. In order to keep the certification, my organization had to use their reports.

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Hardik Parashar - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Data Engineer at Digit Insurance

Postgre and Cognos were chosen initially. Right now, for the BI tool, the company has migrated to Qlik. We are still looking for a database.

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PZ
Director at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

My company decided to build a data warehouse and they wanted to have the best reporting solution on top of it. That was the reason we are using IBM Cognos.

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it_user79140 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Business Intelligence at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

We have used this solution from the beginning, as it was part of the ERP purchase option.

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it_user5220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager of IT at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We previously used Cognos 10.2.2; upgraded for new features.

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it_user509850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos Consultant at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The organization switched from Crystal Reports to Cognos. Crystal Reports is just a poor version of Cognos in my opinion.

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it_user569925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cognos Analyst Developer at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

We never used another solution.

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it_user514284 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

Other tools were used before, but Cognos provides better functionalities.

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it_user193824 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business System Analyst at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

My company was using this software at least 10 years prior to me joining.

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it_user897015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

We were not using anything previously. We have been with Cognos for a long period of time.

But with the inquiries and the market requirements and the new tools coming into the picture, and the customers who see all these beautiful presentations, they want those tools to be implemented in the company. That's how we started looking into other opportunities.

Our most important criteria when selecting a vendor are that the product is scalable, provides ease of use requiring less dependency on IT, and is user-friendly, providing end-users the power to actually create their own dashboards, reports, or any kind of analysis of the fly.

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PM
Senior Cognos Developer at ADP

We have consistently made use of the same solution with older versions.

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JM
Data Warehouse Manager at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

I am not aware of any previous solutions.

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it_user156465 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Business Analytics, Operations at a aerospace/defense firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Finnair has been using IBM tools for a long time, but I personally have used other SQL tools.

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it_user148620 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I did not previously use a different solution; we have been using Cognos.

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it_user551511 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead, BI and Analytics at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

When I came here, they did not have another solution. In my past environment, they had Business Objects, but ended up switching to Cognos for the flexibility it provides.

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it_user502383 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI Architect at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

I was an independent consultant and have used competing products; they all have their quirks. Here at the university, we for the most part use Cognos.

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it_user550095 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Cognos Developer at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I used the Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. I switched to IBM Cognos because some of the customization options were not available in that tool.

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it_user416913 - PeerSpot reviewer
Group Reporting Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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MM
Lead Technical Consultant at Perficient

I've also used Tableau and Power BI, but Tableau doesn't support data modeling.

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it_user504744 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user139509 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did not use any other solution previously.

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Ahmed Ashmawy - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Practice Lead at Hyve Technology Consulting

Power BI has better drill-down features. Also, they have efficient components in the toolkit. In comparison, Cognos is more easy to use.

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EL
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

I've also used Qlik Sense, but I prefer Cognos for the scalability and data structuring on the backend. In the frameworks, you have better data management than in Qlik, which requires you to build independent data models.

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MK
Consultant at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I mostly worked with Cognos. I have worked a bit with Tableau and Microsoft BI.

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HP
Senior Technical Coordinator - IM and BI at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees

We have not switched. We chose it because it was the industry leader in this category. It was our initial selection and we never went back.  

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it_user534747 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos - BI Consultant / Tech Lead at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have used in-house tools before. However, we switched to Cognos because we needed something readily available and catered to different user bases.

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it_user453288 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We were using Microsoft reporting services as our reporting solution.

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it_user835635 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager Information Communication Technology with 501-1,000 employees

We were previously using three or four different solutions. We've had Cognos for 10, 12 years, so it's going back quite a bit of history. But yes, we had different solutions. We're a government organization, so we went out to tender and got Cognos and we're very pleased with the results.

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Carlos Mardinotto Junior - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Yes, but these applications should not necessarily be changed. Home applications or simple BI tools can and should be used along with Cognos as most simple applications are not competitors. Many are even complementary.

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it_user73401 - PeerSpot reviewer
MIS & Development Manager at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used Oracle Discoverer, but it reached end of life.

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it_user86397 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The IT group in my organization was responsible for the set-up. On version 8, Cognos seemed very unstable. Cognos 10 was much improved. View full review »
it_user80244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Analytics at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
I tried (very briefly) Business Object and QlikView but my company has been running Cognos since the beginning. View full review »
it_user547329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos Developer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

We did not use any other solution.

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it_user538227 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Reporting Engineer (Contracter) with 10,001+ employees

Over these 15 years, I have worked with Oracle BI, Microsoft BI, Qlik and several other tools. Beside Cognos, none were compliant enough with the needs of my customers.

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RE
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I previously used CBI10.2.2; upgraded to CA11.0.4 to get a better UX.

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it_user544590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos BI Architect/ Developer at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have had no previous solutions.

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it_user98526 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant IT at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No

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it_user504741 - PeerSpot reviewer
IBM Cognos Instructor and Consultant at a tech company with 51-200 employees

We have always used Cognos. We recently demo'd trial versions of Microsoft and Tableau against Cognos v11 and we still think Cognos is the better product for medium and large enterprises.

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it_user165297 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Most of my clients are long time Cognos users. Some of them are migrating away from Hyperion Brio because of lack of support.

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it_user561699 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database application specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The company has always used Cognos, as far as I know. Personally, I transitioned into this post when they were working with Cognos. I found the transition into Cognos to be easy.

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it_user560289 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos Consultant (Contract) at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Most companies that I have consulted for had IBM Cognos in place for several years.

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it_user544740 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business Intelligence consultant, freelance at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

I have worked in migration projects from BusinessObjects to Cognos, as the customer had bought a global IBM solution.

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it_user86730 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Development Manager - Innovation - ERP Protheus with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user174690 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Senior Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Now, my organization is switching IBM Cognos to OBIEE because of IBM Approaches.

IBM Turkey signed a project that is Legal Reporting with my organization but they could not finish the project. However they wanted to take their money out of the project so my organization decided to never use IBM's products.

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it_user171960 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager - Technology at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We changed because of the offer of more features and technical support than our previous solution.

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it_user267465 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I started using Cognos Data Manager because the company I worked for already used it.

To start with SSIS:

  • SSIS is a lot more flexible than the Cognos Data Manager. In the latter, the user is pushed into the direction of a Kimball datamart architecture (data marts, which in a later stage are to be integrated into a integrated solution). SSIS leaves a lot more room to the user to make his or her own decisions (and suffer the consequences of these)
  • The user interface is a lot more user friendly in SSIS, while Cognos Data Manager is somewhat outdated (but can in capable hands still be used very effectively)

In comparison with large scripts in Oracle and SQL Server:

  • The Cognos Data Manager provides a comparison of large scripts for a real and substantial improvement. The icons and jobstreams provide a lot of structure, and are a lot easier to read and interpret than large scripts which can be hundreds of pages long
  • Functions like lookups are very nice, but not always enterily stable (which is a serious drawback in their use)
  • Combining Oracle and SQL Server databases with each other is a definite strong point of the Cognos Data Manager (although no longer a unique selling point)
  • The SQL-scripts are pasted behind the icons. It makes tracing errors and the logic of processes a lot easier
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it_user561858 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Cognos Developer II at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am not aware of any previous solutions.

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it_user34830 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Specialist at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

At one company, we switched to SAP BI/BO due to wanting an all-encompassing solution.

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it_user142380 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner, Lead Business Intelligence Consultant at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

I have seen some cases when an existing BI solution has been replaced by Cognos. It had various reasons but in most of the cases, the existing BI solution was outdated or the customer was disappointed with the existing BI product or simply the IBM salesperson performed well.

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it_user507990 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos & OBIEE Business Intelligence Consultant at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees

I did not previously use a different solution, because the company bought it before I joined.

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it_user286518 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Strategist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We switched from ‘desktop data discovery’ tools to a more stable, scalable, enterprise ready solution, to allow for secured distribution to a broad and varied audience. Cognos Analytics provides a complete toolkit from quick discovery, endless visualisation options to enterprise-scale report delivery, through any medium (e.g. call-centre LCD screens, mobile, executive dashboards, financial reports etc).

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it_user250983 - PeerSpot reviewer
Bi Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I used Microsoft BI and I switch to Cognos when I found that I wasn't able to satisfy some customers needs.

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it_user168417 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Consultant at a university with 501-1,000 employees

One of the reasons why we switched solutions was due to the maintenance cost and the cost of ownership.

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it_user552825 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analytics Specialist at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user221220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst in XBRL Projects at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used Infobeacon and now we are using Cognos and Microsoft BI. We are currently looking for a better product and are evaluating Tableau.

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AA
BI Architect/Cognos Solution Architect/ETL Design Architect at a media company with 201-500 employees

Not applicable.

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it_user507993 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analytics Coach at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I have always used Cognos BI products.

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it_user174678 - PeerSpot reviewer
Corporate BI Developer with 1,001-5,000 employees

No previous solution.

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it_user259185 - PeerSpot reviewer
Prinicipal Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

I previously used a different solution, and switched because of ease of development and the rich set of features for most use cases.

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it_user549354 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cognos Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have not used any other solutions.

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it_user185781 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect with 51-200 employees

Previous solution was built on an old technology and updates continue to be built over the same engine rather than an updated technology. Caused issues with programming.

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it_user73137 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Never before. View full review »
it_user505671 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant - IBM SPM Cognos Solution Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user235326 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Specialist with 51-200 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user217470 - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner, CTO, CBIP, BI Solutions Arhitect with 11-50 employees

We previously used Oracle Discoverer. Cognos' HTML user interface was the main reason we switched.

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it_user176946 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Architect at a wellness & fitness company with 501-1,000 employees

No previous solution used.

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it_user164865 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

No.

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it_user544752 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Consultant at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am not aware of any previous solutions.

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it_user8061 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analytics Cognos Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user191655 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI (Cognos) Developer at a pharma/biotech company with 501-1,000 employees

I used MicroStrategy before, but I changed jobs because Cognos is a bigger company and would have more job opportunities.

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it_user505653 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution. We have always used IBM Cognos product suites.

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