World leader for Business Intelligence and Customer Relationship Management solutions, Cognos unveiled its winning partners at its "Partner Summit Awards" ceremony, which was held this week at the Cognos Forum 2007.

The partners were rewarded for "their innovative spirit, their influence and their intellectual resources", as well as for their "vision and passion for performance management".

This year, once again, Business & Decision was one of four partners recognized in France.

"For some years now, Cognos has been an important partner for Business & Decision," declared Patrick Bensabat, CEO of Business & Decision. "This award recognizes our successful collaboration with Cognos and our shared expertise on a number of large accounts, in all of the countries where Business & Decision are present."

About Business & Decision - www.businessdecision.com

Founded in 1992, Business & Decision is an International consulting and Systems Integration company specializing in Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and E-Business. The Group works with clients to implement systems that aim at driving business functions and performance (dashboards, reporting, consolidation etc.); help in customer relationship management (sales force automation, call centers, campaign management, analytical CRM); and assist in E-Business (intranet and extranet portals, directories and Meta directories, e-commerce, knowledge management, Open source technologies, etc.). With more than 2,800 employees worldwide, Business & Decision has developed a "complete project" approach that spans from consulting to implementation. The Group has a reputation for its functional and technological expertise and has forged partnerships with all of the key technology vendors. At present, Business & Decision has more than 1,200 clients.

Business & Decision has been listed on the Euronext Paris since February 2001 (compartment B / Isin code: FR 00000 7895 8 / Symbol:  BND). Business & Decision is listed in the NextEconomy segment and in the IT-Cac (technology market). For more information, visit: http://www.businessdecision.com/

Press Contact at Business & Decision :

Nisha Neermul - nisha.neermul @businessdecision.com

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