We're not here to preach the value of business intelligence. We're here to ensure continuity of your Business Intelligence experience.

The reality is that over 80% of Cognos PowerPlay Business Intelligence interruptions are caused by factors outside the Cognos environment. Issues such as changing network security settings, hardware upgrades and unavailable devices.

Using CubeRunner, your IT staff can deliver Cognos Business Intelligence data with unmatched reliability and efficiency - eliminating the 80% failure factor. The effect: Greater return on your Business Intelligence investment through increased uptime/system availability, improved business user effectiveness and confidence in the decision making process.

Ok, but what's the investment and ROI?

Investment in CubeRunner consists of three elements:

• License fees - CubeRunner is comprised of two components: client and server. The Client component is $990.00 (USD) each. The server component is $3,990.00 (USD) each. Assuming a typical PowerPlay configuration of two clients and a single server, the license fee would be $5,970.00 (USD).

• Implementation costs - CubeRunner requires no on-site training or consulting. Experience shows that a typical IT administrator has CubeRunner completely installed and implemented within a few hours.

• Maintenance fees - Annual maintenance fees for CubeRunner is 20% of the current published list price. Assuming the above licensing scenario, maintenance fees would be $1,194.00 (USD).