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What is IBM Cognos BI?
IBM Cognos BI is a web based, integrated Business Intelligence Suite.
It provides a toolset for:
• Reporting
• Analysis
• Score carding and
• Monitoring of events and metrics
It transforms data into value to make smart and quick decisions.
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3 Tier Platform Architecture
The IBM Cognos BI Architecture is built on various technologies, such as Extensible Markup Language (XML), Simple
Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Web Services Definition Language (WSDL) and hence it is platform independent.
This architecture was built to provide scalability, availability and openness.
The architecture is divided into 3 tiers based on the Business Functions:
• Web Server - All the communication over the web is routed through the gateways which resides on one or
more servers
• Applications - It consists of one or more servers which processes the requests received from the gateways
• Data - The data tier is a repository to store various types of data
Each tier is separated by network firewalls. IBM Cognos BI user interfaces is placed above all the tiers
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Features Of IBM Cognos BI Architecture
It does not occupy any space on the client’s server
It supports load balancing not only by scaling up, but also by scaling out by adding new server-machine
instances, even without an external load balancer
It integrates with various web technologies
It is platform independent, scalable and reliable
It is open and extensible
It supports the leading RDBMS to persist data that is related to content management and reporting
It is multilingual
The data is more secure as it is guarded by firewall