IBM Cognos launches Cognos Communities

Cognos (now an IBM Company) has launched Cognos Communities, a new website for Cognos users with discussion boards, blogs, documents and product and topic centric spaces. The new site is user friendly with features like tagging, discussion notification subscriptions and a point allocation system to reward helpful and knowledgeable fellow users. While you need an existing customer service logon for the advanced functionality, it appears guests can still search the site and read existing information.

I found the community very active and helpful. A question I posted regarding incremental publishing in the latest version of Cognos Planning yielded a quick and helpful response.

Cognos Communities:

"Welcome to Cognos communities. This peer-to-peer environment allows you to collaborate and work with other users of Cognos products to support and develop the best possible implementation for your business. To enter the communities, simply use your existing customer services logon. If you do not have a customer service logon already, please have your company's Cognos administrator create you as a contact within our system."

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Deltek Reports Q4 License Revenue of $27 Million and Total Revenue of $77 Million

The recorded earnings conference call is available here.

Deltek Reports Q4 License Revenue of $27 Million and Total Revenue of $77 Million: "Full-Year 2007 Results

License revenue for 2007 was $87.1 million, an increase of 16% over 2006. 2007 consulting services revenue increased 25% to $83.4 million, and maintenance and support revenue increased 24% to $102.9 million over 2006. Total revenue for 2007 increased 22% from 2006 to $278.2 million.

Non-GAAP net income for 2007 increased 43% to $29.5 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, compared to $20.6 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, in 2006.

Full-year 2007 GAAP net income increased 47% to $22.5 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, compared to $15.3 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, in 2006."

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Government contractor targeted features in Microsoft Dynamics SL

Microsoft Dynamics SL now has some government contractor friendly features, potentially targeting the same market as Deltek Costpoint:

CRM Rocks! EHTC CRM Team Blog.: SL Project Accounting Demo Online: "Microsoft recently held a Microsoft Government Contractor Summit. One of the sessions was specifically regarding 'Project and Financial Management Solutions for Government Contractors.'

To see how this process works, click here:

http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/sl/demos/PMA_300k.wvx

The highlight of this session were the robust reports that a partner developed for government contractors. This report pack includes Job Summary Reports, Statement of Indirect Costs, DCAA Schedules, and Indirect Cost Analysis reporting to name a few. See Presentation for reporting samples. These are super-critical to government contractors."

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Deltek(R) Selects Applimation as Data Management Solution Partner

Deltek(R) Selects Applimation as Data Management Solution Partner: "Applimation, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise data management solutions for packaged and custom applications, announced today that it has partnered with Deltek... Under the agreement, Applimation will offer its Informia(TM) Archive solution for Deltek Costpoint(R)

Through this partnership, Deltek customers will be able to quickly and seamlessly archive data within mission-critical Costpoint applications. Utilizing pre-built templates for Deltek Costpoint, Applimation's Informia Archive solution will provide flexible archive and purge functionality to quickly reduce the overall size of production databases. Deltek customers using Informia will experience increased application performance along with streamlining of backups, upgrades and routine maintenance, while ensuring the integrity of critical business information, and reduction of storage costs.

About Applimation

Applimation is a leading provider of enterprise data management solutions for packaged and custom applications across multiple database platforms. The Applimation Informia(TM) solution enables organizations to manage the growth of structured and unstructured data to achieve Information Lifecycle Management objectives, improve operational efficiency, reduce total cost of ownership and meet compliance requirements. For more information, visit www.applimation.com. "

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Newest Releases of Deltek's Industry-Leading Software Solutions Deliver Enhanced Functionality to Project-Driven Organizations and Government Contract

Newest Releases of Deltek's Industry-Leading Software Solutions Deliver Enhanced Functionality to Project-Driven Organizations and Government Contractors: "Deltek... announced the general availability of the newest versions of the Costpoint product family – Costpoint 6.1, Time & Expense 8.0, and GovWin 5.1. In addition to offering new functionality that spans the entire Costpoint family of solutions, these new releases further strengthen the integration to Cobra, Deltek’s industry-leading offering for managing project costs, measuring earned value, and meeting government mandated Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting requirements."

• Costpoint 6.1 offers enhancements that further strengthens security, lowers deployment costs and improves the performance and scalability of the system. In addition to enhanced application security and support for Microsoft Windows Vista™, Costpoint 6.1 offers numerous functional improvements including Award Fee Revenue and PO Voucher modifications.
• Time & Expense 8.0 offers usability improvements and enhanced compliance capabilities, making it even easier to automate the collection, validation, approval, and processing of labor, expense and human resource-related information. Specific enhancements include exception-based timesheets, additional per diem support, multiple start/stop times and the ability to import Visa® transactions.
• GovWin 5.1 offers both technology and functional enhancements that work together to help organizations win new business. Technology enhancements include Document Management support for SharePoint 2007 and Microsoft Office Desktop Integration (MODI) support for mobile CRM, allowing users to conduct business from virtually any location.

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Montgomery & Co., LLC Announces Investment Opinion: Montgomery & Co., LLC Initiates Coverage of Deltek, Inc. (PROJ)

Montgomery & Co., LLC Announces Investment Opinion: Montgomery & Co., LLC Initiates Coverage of Deltek, Inc. (PROJ): "Montgomery & Co., LLC, a leading investment bank for growth companies in the information technology, communications, healthcare, and media sectors, announced today that Research Analyst Brian Schwartz has initiated coverage of Deltek, Inc. (PROJ $13.74)."

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Deltek Announces First Annual Business Partner Award Winners

Deltek Announces First Annual Business Partner Award Winners: "Deltek... today announced the winners of the company's first annual partner awards program to recognize the top Deltek partners in several categories."

The Business Partner Awards highlight Deltek's network of alliance partners as an important component of the company's long-term growth strategy to increase market penetration and geographical sales force coverage.

The award categories and recipients are as follows:

-- Deltek Government Contracting Partner of the Year - WJ Technologies, Vienna, VA

-- Deltek Vision Partner of the Year - Stambaugh Ness Business Solutions, York, PA

-- Deltek Growth Partner of the Year - IntraVision Solutions, Inc., San Francisco, CA

-- Deltek Partner New Business Award - Central Consulting Group, Saint Paul, MN

-- Deltek Outsource Accounting Partner of the Year - NeoSystems, Vienna, VA

-- Deltek Partner Best Marketing Campaign - Solvability, Inc., Huntsville, AL

-- Deltek Performance Level Award Winners - Innovative Solutions Group Ltd., Mooresville, NC; SilverEdge Systems Software, Inc., Schaumburg, IL; Jewell & Associates, Vienna, VA; Central Consulting Group, Saint Paul, MN

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