Syntax

Syntax.net Announces Support of Cognos® ReportNet™

Solution addresses a broad range of reporting requirements including Web- based ad hoc, managed, and large-scale production reporting

TORONTO, ON (September 9, 2003) - Syntax.net, a leading e-business integrator specializing in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management and Business Intelligence (BI), and Corporate Performance Management, today announced support for Cognos ReportNet, a complete Web-based enterprise query and reporting solution designed to meet the needs of today's multinational, diversified enterprises. In partnership with Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN - News; TSX: CSN - News), the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management, Syntax leverages industry-leading BI and enterprise planning solutions to help companies improve and direct corporate performance to make better business decisions, resulting in reduced costs and enhanced operating performance.

Designed to scale to 100s of 1000s of users, Cognos ReportNet draws upon Cognos reporting and query leadership, delivering the next dramatic revolution of BI reporting. Cognos ReportNet is fully integrated within the entire breadth of the Cognos Enterprise BI solution, including flexible scorecards, dashboards, powerful industry-leading OLAP analysis, event detection and alerting, and data integration.

Syntax.net serves a broad cross-section of clients throughout Canada and the United States in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, wholesale distribution, pharmaceuticals, and retail. Currently, Syntax.net- Cognos joint customers include The Safilo Group, the world's largest supplier of high quality eyewear and Holox, a leading supplier of industrial, medical, and scientific gases.

"Our established partnership with Cognos enhances our strategic focus on providing industry-leading information technology solutions to solve our clients critical business problems," said Michael Etinson, president, at Syntax.net. "By joining forces with Cognos to offer ReportNet, we are supplying our customers with the industry's most scalable, integrated, and enterprise-ready reporting solution ever."

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