Markham, Ontario-based Cognos Inc, will put the first fruits of its licensing agreement with the Toronto, Canada-based statistical analysis specialist Angoss Software Inc into production by the end of the year with the announcement of another business intelligence tool, DiscoveryAgent. According to Cognos, DiscoveryAgent is a newly-engineered product using core technologies from the Angoss KnowledgeSeeker engine to provide a guided analysis tool that employs artificial intelligence techniques to pinpoint trends. DiscoveryAgent will be sold as a separate product, but will work with the company’s two reporting and analysis tools, Impromptu and PowerPlay. A beta version is expected by the end of the year with general shipments starting in 1997.
