03-27-2008, 07:12 PM
My company uses Cognos for BI and Reporting. It is VERY expensive to use and maintain. Each user license costs about $1000. In our staff of 5 IT people, 2 are dedicated exclusively to maintaining and configuring Cognos, and they are expensive. I stumbled across a product called Pentaho that sounds like it does much of the same things, but it is free. The developer charges for maintenance and customization of features. It is a java based app that runs on a JBoss Application Server...I think. I'm baffled by all the acronyms. It is all new to me. I'm trying to find a way to help save some money if possible, but I don't want to be the person that gets fingered with configuring and maintaining this software.