COGNOS' IMPROMPTU INTEGRATED WITH SYBASE IQ TO SPEED QUERIES

BOSTON, MASS., MARCH 26, 1996 -- Cognos (NASDAQ:COGNF; TSE:CSN) today
announced the integration of its industry leading query and reporting
tool, Impromptu, with Sybase IQ, the new data warehouse server optimized
for flexible, interactive analysis and ad-hoc queries. Cognos'
participation in Sybase's Warehouse WORKS Alliance Program, the industry's
leading data warehouse alliance, ensures that Cognos and Sybase data
warehouse customers will be able to seamlessly leverage the combined power
of Sybase's database engine and Cognos' interactive query tool.

Sybase IQ dramatically reduces the costs associated with data warehousing
by using intelligent data storage and retrieval software that maximizes
existing enterprise hardware. Cognos' Impromptu maximizes the benefits
found in a data warehouse by allowing end-users to quickly get at and
understand corporate data. Impromptu, the award-winning, industry- leading
data access tool, brings data to the desktop for reports and an
interactive view.

"The combination of Impromptu, InfoWorld's Product of the Year, and Sybase
IQ, with its optimized environment, delivers fast access to corporate data
for every decision maker in the enterprise," said Alan Rottenberg, Cognos'
senior vice president, business intelligence products. "This integration
guarantees Cognos can provide optimal access to sophisticated corporate
data, many times faster than standard relational database management
systems."

"Fast, interactive access across an enterprise, large or small, is a
necessity in today's competitive business environment," said Bruce
Armstrong, Sybase vice president of server products. "The addition of
Impromptu to our solution offers Sybase customers the ability to maximize
their use of corporate data to the best overall competitive advantage."

SYBASE

Sybase, Inc. is a worldwide leader in client/server software. Sybase and
its PowerSoft division are focused on four major market segments: on-line
transaction processing, data warehousing, mass deployment and electronic
commerce. Sybase's software products -- database, middleware and tools --
provide customers with desktop to enterprise solution. The company's
mission is to provide its customers with an open, adaptable information
systems architecture that enables them to develop and deliver complete
information solution to facilitate rapid business change. Headquartered in
Emeryville, CA, Sybase is the sixth largest independent software company
in the world. The company's Internet addresses are www.sybase.com and
www.powersoft.com.

COGNOS

Cognos is the global leader in providing business intelligence software to
satisfy enterprise-wide data access and analysis needs. With over 200,000
seats in thousands of companies worldwide, PowerPlay and Impromptu
consistently service the widest range of users across corporate,
departmental, 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 sold
through the company's 40 sales offices and over 350 resellers around the
globe.

Cognos develops, markets and supports -- both directly and through
resellers worldwide -- advanced client/server tools for data access, data
analysis and application development on a wide range of open and
proprietary computing platforms. Cognos is a publicly held company with
dual headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and Burlington, MA. Cognos' World Wide
Web address is http://www.cognos.com.

Note to Editors: Copies of previous Cognos press releases and Corporate and
product information are available on Cognos' World Wide Web (WWW) site, at
http://www.cognos.com and at PR Newswire's site at
http://www.prnewswire.com. Product and company information can also be
found at the Cognos CompuServe forum (GO COGNOS).
 
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