Cognos Honors Sky Solutions for Outstanding Performance

-Sky Solutions presented prestigious Pinnacle Partner Awards at Cognos' 2003 Partner Summit -

ORLANDO, FL, Cognos Partner Summit (PRWEB) June 28, 2003 -- Sky Solutions, a leading provider of best-of-breed solutions for midsize to large organizations, has once again been named Cognos top channel partner. Sky Solutions has partnered with Cognos since 1997 and has been awarded Cognos coveted Pinnacle Partner" status 5 years running. Cognos (NASDAQ:COGN;TSX:CSN), the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management, today recognized Sky Solutions with the Pinnacle Partner Award for their role in the company's ongoing channel sales success in North America.

Presented at Cognos' 2003 Partner Summit in Orlando, FL, Sky Solutions was recognized for their success with the Cognos solution based on understanding of the technology, sales performance, and value-add.

"Through this successful partnership, Cognos is able to extend the delivery of our industry-leading solutions," said Ted Jandl, Cognos Vice President of Strategic Partners. "We are pleased to honor them not only for their high levels of sales success, but also for helping customers derive value and benefits from our solutions across various industries, applications, and geographic locations. This winner has proven that they can deliver a high level of excellence and will remain an integral part of our overall company success."

"Cognos is and will be central to our strategy as we continue to grow our data warehousing consulting practice. We are very excited about being recognized for our success," said Bob Rutkowski, Sky Solutions Florida Operations Manager. "Sky Solutions identifies the best-of-breed products and partners with companies, such as Cognos, to help our customers get a complete business intelligence solution that improves their bottom-line business results. By combining high quality implementation and services through understanding industry demands, we can deploy scalable, results-oriented data warehousing solutions tailored to our clients' needs."

About Sky Solutions
Sky Solutions has headquarters in Saddle Brook NJ with offices in GA, FL, MA, IL and CA. They are a leading provider of the best-of breed solutions for organizations today. Sky Solutions specializes in selecting, implementing, deploying and managing solutions for midsize to large companies. Their solutions include the leading eBusiness Integration, eInfrastructor, Business Intelligence (BI), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/Accounting) technologies available today.
For more information, visit www.skysolutions.com.

About Cognos
Founded in 1969, Cognos employs more than 2,800 people and services over 22,000 customers worldwide. Cognos is the world leader and most successful provider of business intelligence (BI) and performance planning software for the enterprise. Their solutions are sold directly and are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers.