Cognos, Informatica Team Up

SAN FRANCISCO -- A revved-up business software partnership should bolster Informatica's(INFA Quote) top line in coming quarters. The other partner, Cognos(COGN Quote), will likely benefit, too, but over the longer term.

Ottawa-based Cognos announced Monday that it will resell Informatica's data quality capability to its customers to eliminate a stumbling block to the successful use of its own software.

Informatica announced a similar deal with SAP(SAP Quote) in July.

Buyers of Cognos' business intelligence and performance management software are typically IT departments, which find that business users are not adopting it fully, said Harriet Fryman, vice president of product marketing for Cognos. ...