Talk:Cognos/Archives/2012

APL programming language
The history of Manugistics includes the LEX2000 and APL2000 (an implementation of APL programming language) was sold to Cognos in 1999, yet it isnt listed in the Cognos acquisitions. Is APL programming language still owned by Cognos? does the company maintain or use it? John Vandenberg 07:08, 30 September 2006 (UTC)


 * That is slightly misleading. LEX2000 was a a product, first developed as an internal solution by RCA (then called simply "LEX"), then picked up by General Electric for internal use, then marketed by General Electric Information Servicves (GEIS) (which is when it was rebranded as "LEX2000Services"), then spun off as "LEX2000, inc". This product was and is written in APL. After some years as an independant, LEX2000, inc was purchased by Cognos, and the procut was renamed "Cognos Finance". While LEX2000, inc was an independant firm, it was a major customer of Manugistics, but its executices found that new development of the APL*PLUS product, which they needed (or at least wanted) for further development of the LEX2000 product, was not a priority at Manugistics, which had started to concentrate on its Logistics and supply chain products. LEX2000 then purchased the PC lines of APL*PLUS (but not the mainframe line, which was still importasnt to manugistics) and re-branded them as "APLindependent+Win" and "APL+DOS", whcich were develkoped and distrivuted by a new wholely owned subsidary of LEX2000, inc, called "APL2000, inc". It also hired a significant part of the APL development staff from Manugistics. APL2000 was actually never the name of a product or product line, but of a developer. But since that developer had only one main product line ("Apl+") the products were often refereed to by the company name. Cognos was primarily interested in the LEX2000/Cognos Finance financial consolidation and reporting application -- it acquired APL2000 only as part of the package and as a support tool. Cognos Finance is still owned, marketed, and developed by Cognos, and is still written in APL. My understanding is that the APL development section has been sold off, but I could be incorrect on that.
 * How do i know all this? I am a developer on the Cognos Finance product, and i have been since it was a purely internal GE application. I was also the chair of ACM's SIGAPL durign much of the period involved. I am now an employee of Cognos. DES (talk) 21:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge in product stub
There's a stub at Go! Search with minimal product info that could simply be included here in the product section. Comments? --SueHay 14:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed -David White 18:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Sue Hay - just wondering what's going on with this. What's the process for merging an article, and what's the suggested style to use?  Sorry I'm new at all of this. --DMW 20:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Neutral?
It would appear that phrases such as "designed to bring critical information to users at the lowest possible total cost of ownership" and "won numerous awards including..." make this article seem more like an advertisement than information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 167.24.104.150 (talk • contribs).
 * If it really won the awards, wouldnt that be a statement of fact? Also, one of Cognos slogans is "Making our customers the best decision-makers in the world!" so it surely is the intent of Cognos to bring critical information to users.  As far as the cost goes, it's affordable when doing comparison shopping.David White 19:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Powerhouse?
Should at least refer to Powerhouse 139.163.138.14 07:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Powerhouse Web is the current version of Powerhouse and still has many customers under maintenace (Powerhouse is a 4GL programing language, focused on business applications. Released first under HP 'classic', then DG and DEC VMS, IBM AS400, various UNIX, Windows NT). --69.234.106.228 15:16, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Guidance: How To article for Cognos 8 BI
I solicited feedback from a Cognos forum about writing an article. I want to document my findings about configuing a multiserver Cognos 8 BI installation. Someone suggested submitting it to Wikipedia. Is Wikipedia an appropriate place to document the procedure? If so, should it be posted under Cognos, or another section.

Thanks in advance, I am new to Wikipedia contributions.

Robert390 20:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for original research. There may be another wiki out there that is right for your project, though. Stevecudmore 23:10, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Fix Frango Reference
The link to Frango goes to an American chocolate company. In fact, Frango was a Swedish software company. Gibsons 20:53, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice spot - I've pointed the link to Frango (software company) instead. I left it as a link in case someone ever wants to get around to making an article on the topic.  Kuru  talk  22:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Industries?
I do not think this list adds value to the article. All companies in the BI space serve a similar variety of industries, and include such lists in their marketing materials and web sites. Not notable information about this company? 67.130.129.135 19:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Concur - I don't think the product differs by industry, there's really no need to list them here.  Kuru  talk  22:04, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Agrred as well. I removed the listing. Manning (talk) 00:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Lengthy product listing
I think the list of products could be removed from this article without losing value. It's quite long, and recent products are already summarized in the top section. Suggestion is to remove the listing and keep the page more simple. Crysb (talk) 16:02, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Cut down the list so it focuses on most significant product offerings. I'll also work on adding more context to this article (such as history and development of the company). Crysb (talk) 18:25, 14 October 2010 (UTC)