Rob Ashe, President and CEO, Cognos,
Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Cognos [COGN]

Rob Ashe, President and CEO, Cognos [COGN] presides over the opening bell.

Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management, delivers software and services that help companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance. Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage - Corporate Performance Management (CPM) - achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale.

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