Cognos Podcasts

Cognos Podcasts fall into these categories:
  • Thought Leaders
    Listen to leaders from Google, RIM, IBM and more about hot topics in business intelligence and performance management.
  • Leveraging your data
    Hear how you can get more value from your investment in SAP, Oracle, and other ERP data sources with business intelligence.
  • Radio CognosBI Radio
    BI Radio, a recurring radio program from Cognos, an IBM company, features interviews and guests who provide opinions on business intelligence, performance management and planning.
  • Lessons in Business Agility
    The best, most competitive companies today are nimble - working like small companies - fired up by dynamic strategies, smart technology, and cooperative, empowered employees to address the relentlessly varying environment. These agile companies are able to make decisions as quickly as turning on a dime.



Leveraging your Data Series:

IBM and Cognos, an IBM company (duration: 8:16) [Listen Now]
Join Rupert Bonham Carter for a discussion of how customers benefit from Cognos BI on IBM middleware. Learn about Web SOA architecture, bundled applications, enterprise search, & unstructured data (UIMA) along with practical examples. More details…

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IBM and Cognos Risk Management (duration: 17:08) [Listen Now]
Find out how fast and easy risk management is with Cognos and IBM.

Oracle eBusiness Suite and Cognos, an IBM company (duration: 4:51) [Listen Now]
Join James MacCuaig & Doug Adams for a review of how Cognos business intelligence adds value to your Oracle implementation. Topics include multiple data sources, user self-service, and proven availability. More details…

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Podcast with Vicor (Oracle Customer) (duration: 17:32) [Listen Now]
Learn how Vicor integrated business intelligence (BI) tools with their Oracle applications to help speed decision-making and move faster to the find the root of problems.

PeopleSoft and Cognos, an IBM company (duration: 6:54) [Listen Now]
Join James MacCuaig & Doug Adams on how Cognos business intelligence augments your PeopleSoft system. Learn to access multiple data sources, enable user self service, and spot HR planning gaps. Episode 3 of 5 in the "Leveraging Your Data" series. More details…
SAP and Cognos, an IBM company (duration: 10:07) [Listen Now]
Join James MacCuaig and Scott Lawrence on how customers benefit by combining Cognos & SAP. Learn to leverage your SAP investment, why Powered by SAP NetWeaver status matters, and how to help users get more from your SAP system faster. More details…

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Podcast with ARDEC (SAP Customer) (duration: 9:58) [Listen Now]
Patricia Alnor, Program Manager of Business Intelligence for Technology and Management International, talks about ARDEC's experience in implementing a Business Intelligence solution within their SAP environment

Siebel and Cognos, an IBM company (duration: 6:40) [Listen Now]
Join James MaCuaig and Doug Adams on the benefits of BI insights into your Siebel CRM data. Learn the top three areas of value, hear how one auto maker drove sales, and look at fast, self serve reporting, analysis, and more for Siebel users. More details…


Thought Leaders:


Competing on Analytics (duration: 9:27) [Listen Now]
Listen to Jeanne Harris, co-author with Tom Davenport of Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning, explain how market leaders such as Netflix, Capital One and the New England Patriots football team are using analytics to out-think and out-execute the competition. Harris, executive research fellow and director of research at Accenture's Institute for High Performance Business, explains how smart decision making powered by analytical insight can help companies win in the rapidly evolving global market.
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Supply Chain Innovation-Part 1 (duration: 14:53) [Listen Now]
Find out what separates the 35% of companies Ventana describes as "tactical" from those in the advanced, strategic, and innovative categories.
Supply Chain Innovation-Part 2 (duration: 7:40) [Listen Now]
Find out from Colin Snow of Ventana Research what you need to consider when evaluating supply chain BI and performance management solutions.
Sales and Operations Planning[Listen Now]
Learn the secrets to success in sales and operations planning (S&OP), as Colin Snow of Ventana Research explains the best practices used by top manufacturing companies.
Diaz Nesamoney, VP & GM, Cognos On-Demand (duration: 9:48) [Listen Now]
Learn about the use cases for operational business intelligence, how it differs from enterprise BI, and the criteria for a successful deployment
Kevin Smith from Google (duration: 10:41) [Listen Now]
Listen in as Kevin Smith, Partner Program Manager, Enterprise at Google shares the value of OneBox and why they wanted Cognos to partner in the product development.
Preparing for the New Information Workplace (duration: 18:50) [Listen Now]
Connie Moore, Vice President and Research Director at Forrester Research
Complementing ERP with Performance Management and BI (duration: 18:50) [Listen Now]
Kathleen Wilhide, Research Director for Compliance and Business Performance Management (BPM) at IDC
Cognos, IBM, and Search (duration: 15:30) [Listen Now]
Marc Andrews, Program Director, Strategy and Evangelism at IBM
IBM Cognos 8 Go! Mobile and the BlackBerry (duration: 9:54) [Listen Now]
Jim Balsillie, Chairman and Co-CEO of Research In Motion
The New IBM Information Server (duration: 11:13)[Listen Now]
Michael Curry, Market Management Information Integration Solutions
at IBM
Measuring Up: Retail Perspectives 2006—Part 1 (duration: 18:37) [Listen Now]
Nikki Baird, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research and Cathy Hotka, Senior Vice President of Technology and Business Development at the Retail Industry Leaders Association
Measuring Up: Retail Perspectives 2006—Part 2 (duration: 17:25) [Listen Now]
The Cultural Shift in Retail
Measuring Up: Retail Perspectives 2006—Part 3 (duration: 19:46) [Listen Now]
Helping Retailers Find the Measure of Success.


Lessons in Business Agility:


Episode #1: John Van Decker, vice president for Corporate Performance Management and Financial Management Systems research at Gartner
(duration: 23:00) [Listen Now]
John discusses corporate performance management and its role in helping companies achieve business agility.
Episode #2: Michael Hugos, CIO-at-large (duration: 20:00) [Listen Now]
Michael Hugos, discusses business agility, highlighting real examples of agile companies vs. companies who are slow to move.
Episode #3: Jim Carroll, futurist, trends and innovation expert (duration: 15:00) [Listen Now]
Jim discusses what CIOs can do to help achieve their organization's objectives - delivered with energy.
Episode #4: Ben Plummer, vice president of Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Applix (duration: 17:00) [Listen Now]
Ben Plummer defines business agility, explains what a company needs to do to achieve agility, and gives examples of Applix customers who are using analytics to drive their companies forward.
Episode #5: Jason Jennings, authority on business leadership and productivity, and author (duration: 17:00) [Listen Now]
Jason shares with us his research of 10 companies in the U.S. who have grown both revenue and operating profits by 10 percent or more annually for 10 consecutive years without missing a beat.
Episode #6: Tom Davenport, thought leader, educator, and best-selling author (duration: 21:00) [Listen Now]
Tom discusses innovation, the role of technology in strategic analytics, how companies can strategically use analytics to change the nature of their business model.
Episode #7: Nigel Rayner, Research Vice President, Gartner (duration: 17:00) [Listen Now]
Nigel discusses trends in corporate performance management (CPM), and its relationship to business agility.
Episode #8: Business Agility Watch with Elizabeth Book from ebizQ (duration: 9:32) [Listen Now]
Elizabeth interviews Applix President and CEO, Dave Mahoney, on Applix' recent acquisition by Cognos for a whopping $339 million.