SUPERBOWL FANS ATTACK STATISTICS WITH COGNOS"

FREE SOFTWARE CONVERTS ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS INTO SPORTS ANALYSTS

BURLINGTON, MASS., JANUARY 16, 1996 -- Sixty five percent of all Pittsburgh
Steeler offensive plays went to Eric Pegram during the regular season in
the first quarter, on first down, on the opponents side of the field for
games played on grass.

Ninety percent  of Cowboys first downs during the first half on first down
plays originating on the opponent's side of the filed came from Emmitt
Smith.

Indianapolis Colt Jim Harbaugh rushed twice this season on fourth down in
the last two minutes of regulation time in games played against AFC East
teams on natural grass for a first down.

Charles Jordon had the highest Green Bay Packer average yards per
completion for plays in the fourth quarter on the third down on their own
side of the field in games played on grass.

Twenty two percent of Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith's rush attempts in the
first half on second down from the opposition's side of the field resulted
in a loss on the play this season.

The Green Bay Packers averaged 10.3 yards rushing on artificial turf
against the Dallas Cowboys for second half, third down plays that began on
the Cowboys side of the field.

The Pittsburgh Steelers made a first down 67 percent of the time this
season after the two-minute warning on third down passing plays at home
games.

Sean Dawkins gained the most Indianapolis Colt offensive yards during road
games this season during fourth quarter fourth down plays.

These and hundreds of other football facts can be discovered by armchair
quarterbacks around the world as they prepare for SuperBowl XXX on January
28 with free software from Cognos on the Internet.

Available for downloading at http://www.cognos.com, PowerPlay" Special
Edition (SE) for Football software lets fans perform on-the- fly, detailed
analysis of individual NFL teams' and players' offensive statistics.
Thousands of visitors and downloads have been recorded since the software
went online prior to the playoffs.  PowerPlay SE for Football be available
until January 31 and additional playoff statistics databases were posted
after each playoff round.  The software also is available on Compuserve
(GO COGNOS).

PowerPlay SE for Football is a limited, personal-use version of Cognos'
PowerPlay, the world's most widely used software for analyzing
multidimensional data, also known as Online Analytical Processing (OLAP). 
The full version of PowerPlay lets business managers take a detailed look
at any type of corporate data to gain insight and run their businesses
better by turning raw facts into useful insights.

The key to the power of both products is the ability to let users look at
data "multidimensionally" -- or in multiple combinations or views -- much
as one can change how a Rubik's Cube looks by turning its faces.  Cognos
is offering PowerPlay SE for Football to help educate the market about the
advantages of OLAP and multidimensional data.

Users simply point their Web browsers at the address www.cognos.com and
click to download both the PowerPlay SE for Football module and the
Football Stats data files. The raw data is supplied by STATS, Inc.
(Skokie, IL), the leading supplier of sports data, and covers a wealth of
data on the NFL teams and their individual players. Once downloaded, users
simply launch the product and open the data file to begin their
exploration of any desired offensive statistics. The PowerPlay SE for
Football product, available at no charge on the Cognos Web site, works
only with special data files produced by Cognos.  The full version of
PowerPlay for business users, priced at $695, includes a wide range of
other capabilities, including the ability to create multi-dimensional
"cubes" of data from any data source.

The PowerPlay SE for Football product and the full commercial version,
PowerPlay 4.1, require Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, an IBM PC or compatible
386, and 4 MB RAM.  A 486 or faster PC is recommended.

COGNOS

Cognos is uniquely positioned to deliver business intelligence software to
satisfy enterprise-wide data access and reporting needs. With more than
200,000 seats in thousands of companies worldwide, PowerPlay and
Impromptu* consistently service the widest range of users across
corporate, department, workgroup, personal, and mobile applications. The
products support over 100 relational and OLAP data sources and are
available in eight major languages. Cognos business intelligence products
are available through the company's 40 offices and more than 350 resellers
worldwide.

Cognos develops, markets and supports -- both directly and through
resellers worldwide -- advanced client/server development and reporting
tools on a wide range of open and proprietary platforms, including UNIX
and Microsoft Windows desktop. Cognos is a publicly held company with dual
headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and Burlington, Mass. Cognos' World Wide
Web address is http://www.cognos.com. Product and company information can
also be found on the Cognos Compuserve forum (GO COGNOS).
 
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