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JCB Partners Beta Test Cognos 10

COGNOS 10 BETA TESTING REVEALS SOME INTERESTING FINDINGS

JCB Partners is an award winning IBM Premier partner, their unique experience with both IBM and Cognos, led them to be selected as a pre-release Beta tester for Cognos 10. Beta testing comprised both functional testing, and platform migration process testing. The Beta testing offers unique insights and valuable information for clients seeking to learn more about Cognos 10.

Upgrades and migrations should never be taken lightly. JCB Partners extensive 6 months of Beta testing has prepared their team members to help clients understand all of the new functionality in Cognos 10 and assist them in their migrations and upgrade strategies. "The release of Cognos 10 includes the most impactful new features in a decade", said JP Contreras - Partner at JCB Partners. "After our Beta testing with Cognos 10, we view some of the most powerful new features are the capabilities of Interactive and Offline Dashboarding and the integration of Statistical functions leveraging the SPSS Predictive Analytics capabilities."

JCB Partners performed various functionality tests and team training during their Beta testing period. They also completely migrated their vertical solutions, such as Retail Pathways analytics application. This migration process helped JCB Partners understand the intricacies and enhancements of upgrading to Cognos 10. Business Insight and Insight Advanced are some of the new and compelling capabilities delivered as new Studios in Cognos 10. They enable rapid dashboard development and allow users to take data offline while maintaining the interactive and graphical nature of best-practice Dashboards. For those considering upgrading, these dashboards can consume content from other Cognos 8 outputs such as Report Studio. Other advances include Business Intelligence Statistics. The embedded SPSS statistical engine provides advanced functions inside of Report Studio.

About JCB Partners
JCB Partners is a performance management consulting firm driven to create meaningful, measurable, and sustainable improvement to business through the re-engineering of business processes. By combining expertise in technology and business strategy, JCB Partners provides its clients the knowledge and tools needed to align company goals with management action across all areas of operation. Built around a philosophy of thinking strategically, starting small and accelerating systematically, JCB offers a proven history of accountability and results, having engaged in over 500 successful client relationships since its founding. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the firm offers consulting, implementation and training solutions to customers around the globe.

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