Cognos Data Manager
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By: Philip Howard
Classification: Product Evaluation
Cognos Data Manager is a conventional ETL (extract, transform and load) tool
that has extended capabilities for supporting data warehousing environments and
data marts that make the management of those data stores much simpler than
would otherwise be the case.
In theory, you could use Cognos Data Manager in conjunction with third party
business intelligence tools (since the product delivers an open business model)
though this is not a market that Cognos is addressing or is likely to in the future.
An alternate market is for Cognos users to employ Cognos Data Manager for
more generic data integration purposes. While entirely feasible (and some of the
company’s customers have done this) this is also not a market that Cognos is particularly
focusing on, though it is alive to the possibilities that are available.