An IBM company and world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, Cognos, announced that, to deliver a full range of business intelligence capabilities across its Marketing and Refining organization, Hess Corporation has chosen IBM Cognos BI.

Hess Corporation, a leading global integrated energy company, is engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the production and sale of refined petroleum, natural gas, and electricity products. Hess executives, looking to deliver unified access to critical information in its downstream operations, decided to standardize its performance management on a single BI solution.

Hess chose Cognos, after an extensive review of competitive offerings, because it delivers the complete spectrum of business intelligence functionality on a single platform, simplifying deployment and use. Connecting all information into a single, enterprise view to provide greater visibility into core business drivers such as customer profitability, inventory levels, and risk positions, Hess will use IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) within its retail, finance, refining, energy marketing and corporate divisions.

To perform multidimensional analysis on their data, Hess operations and marketing managers will also be able to use IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel using a familiar spreadsheet environment. To read and securely interact with corporate performance information and make informed decisions regardless of their location or time, with IBM Cognos 8 Go! Mobile, corporate executives, as well as regional and district managers, will be able to use their wireless handheld devices.

To better manage performance by delivering a consistent, accurate view of all business information, IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence provides decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with groundbreaking capabilities. IBM Cognos, as a complete, flexible product, 8 BI easily integrates into existing infrastructures with multiple systems and data sources. Its simplified BI environment improves user adoption, enables better decision-making, and provides a robust foundation for departmental BI, enterprise BI and performance management.