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Cognos Security – Why It’s So Hard to Get It Right
April 30, 2012 by Rick Ryan - Envisn, Inc. Of all the Cognos subject related searches that are done on the web the one that usually tops the list is security. That subject is also number one in terms of the most viewed subjects in our blog archive. Our ebook on Cognos security gets a large number of downloads on a daily basis. And our customers tell us security is the most difficult part of Cognos to manage over time. Why is it so hard to get it right? Well, for one thing, while the subject of C
NetVisn Version 6 – Performance, Scalability, Reliability
The only constant is change March 30, 2012 by Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.Envisn has been providing administrative solutions for Cognos customers for nearly all of our thirteen years. During that period the Cognos products have gone broader and deeper in the BI market, particularly over the past two to three years. Think TM1, Express, Mobile, etc. This Cognos product evolution has been a major trend to give the Cognos users themselves more options to get what they need and get it the way they
Good to Great Cognos Administration
February 29, 2012 by Rick Ryan - Envisn, Inc.This title could easily focus on the typical BI admin tasks that Cognos administrators have to deal with. The usual stuff like change management, security, license tracking, etc. This is what good administrators do. Users may care about some of these things, but not very much. They just expect them to be managed well as part of the Cognos BI infrastructure. Being good isn’t enough. What BI users really care about: Do I have the information I ne
