Learn More. IBM Cognos Analytics and Microsoft Power BI are two of the top business intelligence (BI) and data analytics software options on the market today.

IBM’s Cognos BI (business intelligence) software has been augmented with new capabilities as well. A plug-in for the dashboard provides a new interface, one that resembles a spreadsheet.

<b>Cognos</b> executives said the company's newly released financial application, Cognos Finance 6, breaks down the wall between the financial application engine and outside data sources.