Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today appointed Phillip Beniac president of Cognos' Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Beniac will report to Cognos Chief Operating Officer, Les Rechan, and will be responsible for spearheading Asia-Pacific sales and solutions initiatives to ensure customer success and drive continued performance management leadership in the market. He will replace outgoing President Jack Thomas, who is retiring after 23 years of service with Cognos.

?Phillip has an established track record leading performance management sales and operations, combined with stellar experience growing business in emerging markets,? said Rechan. ?His energy and drive will underpin our go-to-market strategy and execution in Asia-Pacific as we continue to deliver market-leading performance management solutions to our customers.?

Mr. Beniac joins Cognos from SAS Institute where he held the position of Vice-President, Asia-Pacific. In this role, Mr. Beniac led Asia-Pacific sales, marketing, professional services and administrative personnel across 15 countries. He joined SAS' sales organization in 1990 and held a variety of senior, global sales and business development positions during his tenure.

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.

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