2008 GDI Infotech Press
July 2008
GDI Infotech Joins Cognos Global Partner Program
GDI Teams with Pioneer Business Intelligence provider to refine and reporting solution deployments within the enterprise.
GDI Infotech today announced it has joined the Cognos Partner Program as a Reseller Partner. Cognos, an IBM company and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, has created a network of companies dedicated to best practices in business intelligence and performance management.
GDI offers 15+ years of IT expertise, well-established processes, and a strong consultant base, giving Cognos expert-level services to help customers achieve their data improvement goals. The partnership pairs Cognos’ capabilities with GDI’s Solutions Division, which focuses on delivering tailored services for data management, information management, data quality, customer data integration (CDI) and master data management (MDM) in key vertical domain areas such as health-care and financial services. Cognos provides a technology backbone for these initiatives, while GDI Infotech brings the dedicated data quality expertise to help customers derive more value from their data management initiatives.
“GDI has worked with some of the largest companies in the world to help them turn corporate data into reliable, consistent information assets,” said John Poonnen, Senior VP of the Solutions Division at GDI Infotech. “Through this partnership, we will link our customer base to a recognized leader in the performance management arena, allowing us to expand the capabilities of our information integration services – and providing our clients a more immediate and durable return from their data quality investment.”
Cognos provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance. After some additional training on this platform for company staff, GDI Infotech can help companies extend and enhance their use of this technology and better tie the reporting initiative to corporate goals.
“Working together, GDI and Cognos can deliver a comprehensive BI solution that empowers an organization to better manage its operations and fulfill its entire performance management strategy," said Richard Luciano, Senior Director North American Solution Providers at Cognos. "The combination of GDI’s data management expertise with Cognos' market-leading products creates a powerful solution that gives companies direct insight into critical company data.”
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