"This win clearly underscores the ability of Cognos to address the needs large government agencies have to standardize on a single information access layer, and further validates the long-term commitment Cognos has made to support the business intelligence and performance management needs of our Australian government customers," French said.

According to the company, Cognos 8 provides a single view across multiple data sources through a Web-based interface, and product components and new data sources can be added as needed.