newsbytes@clarinet.com (02/04/90)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1990 JAN 31 (NB) -- Cognos has begun shipping PowerPlay, a management information analysis tool for Microsoft Windows, and reports more than $1 million in initial orders. PowerPlay, previewed in October, is an executive information system tool designed to let users view summaries of information from assorted computer databases. It can run in a stand-alone version on a PC, for access to PC databases, or in a client- server format providing access to data on PCs and larger computers. The PC component of PowerPlay, which runs under Windows, costs US$995 or C$1120, plus support charges. Phil Dana, senior marketing specialist at Cognos, told Newsbytes the server component is being offered first for Digital Equipment's VAX computers, and that software will cost US$15,000 or C$18,260. Versions of the server software are planned for Hewlett-Packard Spectrum and IBM AS/400 systems, Dana said. Cognos is an Ottawa-based software developer whose flagship product is PowerHouse, an application development system for minicomputers and PCs. (Grant Buckler/19900202/Press Contact: Phil Dana or Edmond Hum, Cognos, 613-738-1440)