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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The following article will appear in the October issue of SupportLink.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cognos Announces</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web for HP-UX Itanium</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This fall, Cognos strengthens its ongoing commitment to its PowerHouse customers with the release of PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web on Hewlett-Packard's HP-UX operating system running on Intel Itanium 2 hardware. This is a direct port of the industry-leading application development tool that is so successful on Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC platforms. PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web run as native Itanium applications and do not use emulation mode, thus providing the high performance that customers expect.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The version is 8.43D1 and is consistent with the 8.43D1 version for HP-UX PA-RISC released in the spring. The PA-RISC and Itanium versions can be used together in mixed hardware installations. The new release is also compatible with Axiant 3.4D1 for thin-client applications.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Itanium version is built on version 11iV2 of HP-UX and supports the latest relational database versions.</FONT>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Oracle 9i (9.2.0) and 10g (10.1.0)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">IBM DB2 UDB 8.2</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sybase ASE 12.5 (CTLib)</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It also supports DataDirect 5.0 ODBC to Microsoft SQL Server.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As well, PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web for HP-UX Itanium support the same non-relational data sources that are supported on PA-RISC meaning that applications can be run transparently across both platforms.</FONT></P>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">IBM Informix C-ISAM 7.25</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Marxmeier Eloquence B.07.00</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Omnidex 3.8.0</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Migrating HPe3000-MPE/iX customers now have another option to choose from. They can move forward confident in the knowledge that PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web are supported on both hardware options offered by Hewlett-Packard, whether they choose to migrate to Itanium immediately or PA-RISC today and Itanium tomorrow.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web for HP-UX Itanium will come on its own CD bundled in the PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web 8.43D1 for HP-UX package.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">User-based pricing for PowerHouse 4GL and PowerHouse Web for HP-UX Itanium is the same as for the PA-RISC version. Please contact your Cognos Account Representative for availability.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bob Deskin </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Senior Product Manager, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA</FONT>
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