Cognos Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer to Speak at the Baird 2007 Growth Stock Confe

  
    
  
  
    
      Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business 
      intelligence and performance 
      management solutions, today announced that Tom Manley, senior vice 
      president, finance & administration and chief financial officer will 
      speak at the Baird 2007 Growth Stock Conference on May 9, 2007 at the 
      Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, IL.
    
    
      During the session, Mr. Manley will discuss the current market landscape 
      in business intelligence and performance management, and the company’s 
      strategies for continued market leadership. Mr. Manley will also detail 
      how Cognos provides global organizations with a complete performance 
      management system, and how that system can deliver higher performance 
      across the enterprise.
    
    
      The presentation will begin at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time. Listeners can 
      access the presentation via webcast at http://www.cognos.com/company/investor/events. 
      A replay of the webcast will be archived in the Investor Relations area 
      of the Cognos web site following the presentation.
    
    
      About Cognos:
    
    
      Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance 
      management solutions, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI 
      software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage 
      financial and operational performance.
    
    
      Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best 
      practices, and a broad network of partners to give customers a complete 
      performance system. The Cognos performance system is an open and 
      adaptive solution that leverages an organization’s 
      ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. It gives customers 
      the ability to answer the questions -- How are we doing? Why are we on 
      or off track? What should we do about it? – 
      and enables them to understand and monitor current performance while 
      planning future business strategies.
    
    
      Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries, and 
      its top 100 enterprise customers consistently outperform market indexes. 
      Cognos performance management solutions and services are also available 
      from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more 
      information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.
    
    
      Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of 
      Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All 
      other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective 
      companies.
    
    
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      information are available on the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.