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Cognos tool makes data mining more accessible
Greg Enright
A new data mining tool from Cognos Inc. is designed to simplify the sometimes - complicated process and allow inexperienced managers to uncover hidden business trends, according to the company.
Scenario joins Cognos's business intelligence software family, which includes PowerPlay, a data mining tool, and Impromptu, a query and reporting offering. Designed to work closely with the latter product, Scenario is intended to make data mining accessible to those not accustomed to the process.
A lot of the work we've done is in making the interface accessible to managers who may not have traditionally used this product," said Alan Rottenberg, senior vice - president, Business Intelligence for Cognos. "(Users) don't have to become a statistical giant to see the segmentation and the ranking."
Joe Petrucelli, performance improvement officer for the Defense Contract Management Command in Fort Belvoir, Va., worked with the beta product and found Scenario easy to learn.
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