Cognos, an IBM company and world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced it has awarded its Global Public Sector Leadership Awards to five customers who have demonstrated outstanding success in organizational performance management using IBM Cognos software. The awards were presented on April 16, 2008 at the 5th annual Cognos Government Forum, held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
BURLINGTON, Mass. (Business Wire EON) April 24, 2008 --
Cognos, an IBM company and world leader in business
intelligence and performance
management solutions, today announced it has awarded its Global
Public Sector Leadership Awards to five customers who have demonstrated
outstanding success in organizational performance management using IBM
Cognos software. The awards were presented on April 16, 2008 at the 5th
annual Cognos Government Forum, held at the Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
The Department of the Navy, Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR)
(https://www.donhr.navy.mil/)
received the Cognos Award for Excellence in Public Sector, which
recognizes a public sector organization that has deployed a solution
that is a benchmark of how performance management software can
significantly impact an organization. OCHR consolidated seven regional
employee databases to a single primary data source, called the Datamart,
and developed standard business processes across over 100 local HR
offices using LEAN Six Sigma. The organization was then able to
establish meaningful, top-down metrics to track progress towards
strategic human capital goals and measure the effectiveness of HR
management and programs at the operating level. To support these
organizational processes, OCHR identified IBM Cognos BI as its primary
tool to provide managers and HR staff across the enterprise with
accurate workforce reports, measures and dashboard metrics as well as HR
program performance indicators and metrics.
“Federal agencies are mobilizing efforts to
more effectively deal with significant human resources issues such as
the graying workforce, impending skills gap, and increased market
competition for talent. The Department of the Navy, Office of Civilian
Human Resources, serves as a best practices example of how federal
departments can transform themselves into performance-driven
organizations to get the most out of their critical human capital
management,” said Susan Gold, vice-president
of industry marketing & solutions at Cognos.
Other awards presented at the Cognos Government Forum included:
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Cognos Recognition Award for Increasing Organizational Performance
in the Public Sector, which distinguishes an IBM Cognos customer
who has developed an application to deliver such significant value to
the organization that it is now considered a critical system. Cognos
recognized the United States Army, Armament Research, Development
and Engineering Center
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Cognos Recognition Award for Enhancing Mission Effectiveness in the
Public Sector, which honors an IBM Cognos customer who has
developed a mission-critical application that has enabled front-line
staff to work more effectively. This year’s
award went to the United States Office of Personnel Management,
Personnel Systems Management Group, Center for Workforce Information
and System Requirements
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Cognos Recognition Award for Enhancing Operational Readiness in
Defense, which recognizes an IBM Cognos customer in defense who
has developed an application that increases visibility and insight
into the organization’s ‘state
of readiness.’ Cognos presented the award to
the United States Fleet Forces Command, Navy Training Information
Management System
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Cognos Recognition Award for Building the Performance Culture in
the Public Sector, which honors an IBM Cognos customer who
demonstrates commitment to adopting a performance management culture
across the agency. This year, Cognos honored the United States
Department of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)
“Government organizations that use IBM Cognos
performance management are able to achieve significant results in their
fields,” added Gold. “These
awards distinguish those particular customers who have embodied the
Cognos philosophy and represent examples of how to successfully get more
out of their information and take performance to the next level.”
About the Cognos Government Forum:
The Cognos Government Forum is a premier event that brings together
speakers and delegates from across federal civilian, defense, and
state/local agencies. This year’s event –
held April 16, 2008 in Washington D.C. –
attracted hundreds of delegates and featured keynotes addresses from The
Honorable Tom Ridge, former Homeland Security Secretary and current
president and CEO of Ridge Global LLC, as well as The Honorable Tina W.
Jonas, Under Secretary of Defense and Chief Financial Officer at the
U.S. Department of Defense. The event also showcased breakout sessions
that demonstrated how IBM Cognos performance management software helps
public sector officials improve visibility into performance across
agencies, tie program success to budget allocation, and increase
responsiveness and organizational effectiveness.
About Cognos, an IBM company:
Cognos, an IBM company, is the world leader in business
intelligence and performance
management solutions. It provides world-class enterprise planning
and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and
manage financial and operational performance. Cognos was acquired by IBM
in January 2008. For more information, visit http://www.ibm.com/software/data/
and http://www.cognos.com.
Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks of Cognos ULC (formerly Cognos
Incorporated) in the United States and/or other countries. IBM and the
IBM logo are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation
in the United States, or other countries, or both. Other company,
product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Note to Editors: Copies of previous Cognos press releases and Corporate
and product information are available on Cognos' Web site at http://www.cognos.com
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