Beginning of the end for SQR?

[Peter Clark <PGCLARK@VAC-ACC.GC.CA>]

We had already been considering this move but it looks like the decision has 
been made for us.

http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/99/Nov/1105/mu4.htm

Cognos lands PeopleSoft deal


NEW YORK. 11:54 AM EST-Cognos the Ontario, Canada-based maker of business 
intelligence software, has scored enterprise resource planning software 
provider PeopleSoft as a new customer for its PowerPlay analysis and reporting 
software as well as its Impromptu enterprise query and reporting software.

While neither company would reveal the dollar amount of the deal, PeopleSoft's 
chief information officer David Thompson told Forbes.com that it is a 
"worldwide" implementation that is one of the top two projects of the year for 
the company. He also said PeopleSoft selected Cognos over rival solutions from 
Brio Technology and Business Objects.

PeopleSoft is in the process of moving many of its business processes over to 
the web, and Thompson noted that up until now, the company had a "weak" 
internal reporting strategy. "We've been using multiple tools from different 
vendors. This provides us with a standard architecture--a common tool that's 
much easier for us to administer," he said.

The company had used PowerPlay to a limited extent in the past as one of those 
"multiple tools," but this deal marks a significant expansion of that 
relationship. Thompson said that a main reason for PeopleSoft's selection of 
the Cognos solution was its strong security matrix, noting that Cognos has 
built integrated security architecture across all its products.

Cognos already has close strategic ties with PeopleSoft. Back in August the 
companies announced an agreement to comarket Cognos business intelligence 
solutions for use with PeopleSoft's human resources, finance, manufacturing and 
distribution applications.

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