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IBM Cognos® Express is the first and only integrated business intelligence (BI) and planning solution purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies. It delivers the essential reporting, analysis, dashboard, scorecard, planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities that midsize companies need at a price they can afford. Everything is included in a pre-configured solution that is easy to install, easy to use and easy to buy.

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Download the trial for an evaluation period of 30 days. This trial has all features enabled and includes additional components.

Note:The sandbox is running Cognos Express V9.0.

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Windows® * V9.52.5GBHTTP | Download Director Download now

* The trial version of IBM Cognos Express can be installed on Windows Server 2003/2008 64-bit, Windows XP SP3 32-bit or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit. However, in a production environment, only Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2008 64-bit are supported.

The estimated download time using Download Director over a 1.5Mbps connection is approximately 5 hours.

Additional components: The trial version includes the following components.

When you download this trial, you are entitled to submit technical problems and questions to the community of Cognos Express users on the Cognos Express forum, or to send a note to the Cognos Express team.

Browse the how-to resources including tutorials, articles, production documentation, webcasts, forums, and more.

Languages supported: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese Brazilian, Spanish

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