<s>
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
(	O
CRN	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
web-based	O
software	O
product	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
managing	O
ad	O
hoc	O
and	O
custom-made	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
IBM	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Cognos	O
,	O
ReportNet	O
has	O
been	O
renamed	O
IBM	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
like	O
all	O
other	O
Cognos	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReportNet	O
uses	O
web	O
services	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
Simple	B-Protocol
Object	I-Protocol
Access	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
and	O
also	O
supports	O
dynamic	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReportNet	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
multiple	O
databases	O
including	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
SAP	B-Application
,	O
Teradata	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
DB2	B-Application
and	O
Sybase	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
versions	O
of	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
have	O
since	O
been	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Software	O
and	O
Information	O
Industry	O
Association	O
(	O
SIIA	O
)	O
2005	O
Codie	O
awards	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
or	O
Knowledge	O
Management	O
Solution	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CRN	O
comes	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
adopters	O
of	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
for	O
their	O
corporate	O
reporting	O
needs	O
included	O
Bear	O
Stearns	O
,	O
BMW	O
and	O
Alfred	O
Publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
this	O
same	O
time	O
of	O
launch	O
,	O
Cognos	O
competitor	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
released	O
version	O
6.1	O
of	O
its	O
enterprise	O
reporting	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
successful	O
since	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
raising	O
revenues	O
in	O
2004	O
from	O
licensing	O
fees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
other	O
major	O
corporations	O
like	O
McDonald	O
's	O
adopted	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	O
rival	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
announced	O
in	O
2005	O
that	O
BusinessObjects	O
XI	O
significantly	O
outperformed	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
in	O
benchmark	O
tests	O
conducted	O
by	O
VeriTest	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
software	O
testing	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tests	O
performed	O
showed	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
performed	O
poorly	O
when	O
processing	O
styled	O
reports	O
,	O
complex	O
business	O
reports	O
and	O
combination	O
of	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tests	O
reported	O
a	O
massive	O
21	O
times	O
higher	O
report	O
throughput	O
for	O
BusinessObjects	O
XI	O
than	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
at	O
capacity	O
loads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	O
soon	O
dismissed	O
the	O
claims	O
by	O
stating	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Objects	I-General_Concept
dictated	O
the	O
environment	O
and	O
testing	O
criteria	O
and	O
Cognos	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
benchmark	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	O
later	O
performed	O
their	O
own	O
test	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	O
Framework	O
Manager	O
–	O
A	O
metadata	B-Language
modeling	I-Language
tool	O
to	O
create	O
BI	O
metadata	O
for	O
reporting	O
and	O
dashboard	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	O
Connection	O
–	O
Main	O
portal	B-Application
used	O
to	O
access	O
reports	O
,	O
schedule	O
reports	O
and	O
perform	O
administrator	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
1.1	O
–	O
Java	O
EE-style	O
professional	O
web-based	O
authoring	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	B-General_Concept
ReportNet	I-General_Concept
IBM	O
Special	O
Edition	O
–	O
comes	O
with	O
an	O
embedded	O
version	O
of	O
IBM	B-Language
WebSphere	I-Language
as	O
its	O
application	O
server	O
and	O
IBM	B-Application
DB2	I-Application
as	O
its	O
data	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cognos	O
Linux	B-Application
–	O
for	O
Intel-based	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
