SSA Global (NASDAQ: SSAG), a leading global provider of extended enterprise solutions and services, has won a Cognos Platinum Award for the fourth consecutive year in recognition of sales performance and customer acceptance. In addition, SSA Global was awarded Best Packaged Analytic Solution and Best Industry Solution for Manufacturing for the company’s depth of integration with Cognos technology and shared vision for corporate performance management.
The Cognos Business Intelligence and Planning tools are used by SSA Global to power SSA Corporate Performance Management (SSA CPM), a strategic solution that helps customers measure the performance of their business and take actions that align strategy and execution for better bottom line results.
“By leveraging Cognos technology, SSA Global is able to offer packaged analytic and business intelligence solutions that help customers worldwide improve their operational efficiency, make better decisions and meet the challenges of compliance,” says Cory A. Eaves, chief technology officer, SSA Global. “The SSA CPM solution and Cognos technology also play an important role in our enablement of a service-oriented architecture, SSA Open Architecture, by delivering dynamic reporting capabilities that enable the analysis of business issues from multiple perspectives.”
“Cognos’ broad, global ecosystem of successful partnerships helps our customers drive performance management through a blend of technology, product, and services offerings that best suits their needs,” says Neal Hill, senior vice president, Global Development, Cognos. “Building on our recent innovations such as Cognos 8 BI, performance applications, and industry blueprints, our partners have achieved new successes and demonstrated even greater depth of industry expertise. We are proud to honor SSA Global for its contributions to helping our customers gain greater visibility and insight into their organisations and drive performance management to the next level.”
SSA Global recently expanded the capabilities of SSA CPM, announcing the general availability of SSA Business Intelligence for its enterprise resource planning solution, SSA ERPLNÔ . SSA BI is a comprehensive solution that delivers reporting, analysis, monitoring and notification functionality in a single, easy-to-integrate solution. In addition, SSA Global plans to enhance its Cognos-powered CPM solution with new SSA Enterprise Analytics capabilities for building and managing business data warehouses.
The awards were presented this week during the Cognos Partner Summit 2006 in Las Vegas.