Critical Vulnerabilities Addressed with Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 and 11.1.7 FP6

Hey. Remember the Apache Log4j vulnerabilities that had us scrambling last holiday season? Well…we’ve got some new vulnerabilities this holiday season that we should each assess in terms of potential risk to our organizations. Probably not as pervasive as the Log4j issues of old, but certainly worth evaluating. As is often the case, the vulnerabilities are mostly exploited via third party components used by IBM Cognos Analytics. Here are a few of the higher CVSS base score issues on IBM’s radar that were addressed with base 11.2.4 and Fix Pack 6 for 11.1.7…

Cognos AnalyticsCraig ColangeloDecember 30, 2022Cognos, Upgrade, CogboxComment

T-Shirt Sizing Your Cognos 11 Environment

Planning a migration, upgrade or new implementation of Cognos Analytics? One common question is Cognos server sizing--in other words, how many servers will you need and how "large" should they be (CPU, RAM, etc.)? While this is a somewhat complex question, we provide you a chart with a high-level estimate to use in the early stages of your planning.

Cognos AnalyticsChris ChapmanApril 10, 2020Upgrade, Chris Chapman, CognosComment

Thrive Cloud Update Tonight (01/28/2019)

The Thrive cloud service will be undergoing maintenance tonight at 9PM Eastern as a new release is migrated to production. The release is primarily bug fixes and we do not anticipate an outage during the maintenance window. There is no need to upgrade Thrive Sync and no action needed to receive the updated release.

ThriveRyan DolleyJanuary 28, 2020Upgrade, Thrive Release Notes, Ryan DolleyComment

When Upgrading PAW, Don't Forget to Upgrade PAA Agent

Keeping your PAA Agent version up to date with your PAW version will ensure proper operation of the PA Administration console in PAW.

Planning AnalyticsBrian MooreJanuary 10, 2020Upgrade, Planning Analytics Workspace, IBM Planning AnalyticsComment

Cognos Upgrade Tools Come 'In the Box'

Exciting News: MotioCI and MotioPI Professional are included ‘in the box’ when you upgrade to Cognos Analytics 11.1 and available for free for a limited time.

Cognos Analytics, ThrivePMsquare Cognos Analytics Consulting TeamJanuary 22, 2019Upgrade, Motio, Achievements, Cognos

Cognos 11.1 Reporting

Several changes have been made to the Reporting interface in Cognos 11.1. In this post, I take an in-depth look at these changes and I think you will agree that for the most part they are very positive.

Cognos AnalyticsPaul MendelsonOctober 18, 2018Upgrade, Cognos

Cognos 11.1 Overview

In Cognos 11.1, IBM brings long sought improvements to Cognos’ core features while adding advanced analytics and artificial intelligence driven by Watson. Best of all, this huge enhancement is free to all Cognos customers.

Cognos AnalyticsRyan DolleySeptember 29, 2018Upgrade, Cognos