SSA Global Receives Top Honors from Cognos, Recognizing Depth of Integration, Shared Vision and Sales Excellence
29 June 2006 - 12:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
SSA Global wins Platinum award at Cognos Partner Summit 2006
CHICAGO, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SSA Global
(NASDAQ:SSAG), a leading global provider of extended enterprise
solutions and services, today announced that it 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. (Logo:
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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," said 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," said 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 organizations 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 ERP(LN)(TM). 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. About SSA Global SSA Global
(NASDAQ:SSAG) is a leading provider of enterprise business software
for mid-sized and large organizations, primarily in select
manufacturing, consumer and services industries. The company's
software solutions include enterprise resource planning, financial
management, human capital management, corporate performance
management, customer relationship management, product lifecycle
management, supply chain management and supplier relationship
management. Headquartered in Chicago, SSA Global has over 50
locations worldwide and its product offerings are used by customers
in over 90 countries. For additional information, visit the SSA
Global web site at http://www.ssaglobal.com/ . SSA Global is the
trade name and corporate brand for SSA Global Technologies, Inc.,
its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their products, services and
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