THINQUE SYSTEMS TO RESELL COGNOS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS

SALES FORCE AUTOMATION TOOLS GAIN ROBUST OLAP CAPABILITIES

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA, APRIL 5, 1996 --- Thinque Systems Corporation and
Cognos (NASDAQ:COGNF;TSE:CSN) today announced the formation of a strategic
partnership under which Thinque, a premiere software developer of sales
force automation solutions for the packaged goods industry, will resell
Cognos' Business Intelligence tools, PowerPlay" and Impromptu", as part of
Thinque's RouteTraq, SalesTraq and StoreTraq sales force automation
product suite.

"We went straight to the leader in Online Analytical Processing (OLAP),"
said Bridget Karlin, Thinque Systems' president. "In order to deliver a
high performance toolset for sales force automation, Thinque insists on
working with only best-of-breed tools. Cognos is the only vendor to
provide mature, robust OLAP capabilities, easy- to-use data access and a
strong partner program. We believe that working with Cognos tools gives us
a substantial lead on all other SFA product vendors."

"Thinque Systems is the sales force automation solution provider with the
clearest vision of the role of technology in sale force reengineering
initiatives, and they have the advanced software design to lead the way,"
said Alan Rottenberg, Cognos' senior vice president, business intelligence
products. "We are pleased to be partnering with the software provider
chosen by industry leaders such as Nestle to supply their worldwide mobile
sales force automation solution."

With more than 140,000 seats installed worldwide, PowerPlay is the leading
OLAP, or multi-dimensional analysis, tool on the desktops of managers in
Global 2000 companies. PowerPlay delivers a rich, Windows 95-compliant
graphical environment that allows users to drill up or down and
"slice-and-dice" through data, allowing decision makers to understand what
drives their business. Recently, PC WEEK awarded PowerPlay its Corporate
IT Excellence Award for Data Analysis/Decision Support. Impromptu,
InfoWorld's "Product of the Year," is the market leading enterprise
database reporting tool.

Thinque Systems' comprehensive suite of Windows for Pen-based mobile
solutions have been developed using object-oriented, open systems
architecture to build functional, independent modules such as order entry,
customer scheduling, inventory management and payment processing. This
open architecture and object-oriented design enables Thinque Systems to
combine modules and configure them for each customer to provide truly
customized solutions that are multi-lingual and operate on a wide variety
of hardware.

All Thinque solutions are integrated with ThinqComm, an advanced
intelligent mobile communications management software product that
connects mobile computer users to a Host for the reliable exchange of data
via wireline and wireless communications methods.

THINQUE SYSTEMS

Thinque Systems is a California-based corporation engaged in the
development and implementation of advanced mobile technology solutions
that provide sales force automation to the consumer products industry.
Founded in 1985, Thinque System has grown by applying technical expertise
along with creative thinking and problem-solving ability to develop
easy-to-use automation products that provide exacting business solutions
across a wide variety of industries. For more information, please contact
Thinque Systems at 818-752-1350.

COGNOS

Cognos is uniquely positioned to deliver business intelligence software to
satisfy enterprise-wide data access and reporting needs. With more than
250,000 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
seven major languages. Cognos business intelligence products are available
through the company's 40 offices and over 450 resellers worldwide.

Cognos develops, markets and supports -- both directly and through
resellers worldwide -- client/server tools for data access, data analysis
and application development on a wide range of open and proprietary
platforms. 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.
 
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