COGNOS AND ANGOSS SOFTWARE INK DEAL

-Business Intelligence Vendors Provide Complete Picture For Corporate
Customers-

Toronto, Ont. and Ottawa Ont. (July 31, 1995) ANGOSS Software (ASE:ANC) and
Cognos (NASDAQ:COGNF; TSE:CSN) today announced the signing of a major
software licensing agreement. The agreement allows Cognos to embed the
technology from KnowledgeSEEKER, ANGOSS' data mining software, within
future versions of Cognos Business Intelligence products, Impromptu and
Powerplay. Data mining is the ability to analyze data for relationships
and identify important factors hidden in corporate data.

"This agreement provides best of breed data mining capabilities for Cognos
customers," said Alan Rottenberg, Cognos' senior vice president, Business
Intelligence products. "KnowledgeSEEKER contributes to our long term
vision, giving customers a complete picture of what is driving their
business."

"The combination of KnowledgeSEEKER, Impromptu and PowerPlay forms a
formidable business tool," said Andrew Burans, ANGOSS' vice president,
sales and marketing. "Cognos customers will be able to easily uncover
correlations within their data, identifying trends and relationships."

ANGOSS KnowledgeSEEKER is an artificially intelligent, data mining and
analysis tool for Business Intelligence/Decision Support with applications
in all areas of business including: marketing and sales, human resources,
research and process control KnowledgeSEEKER excels not only in an
analytical capacity but also can be used as an exceptionally accurate
predictive tool. American Demographics Magazine recently recognized
KnowledgeSEEKER as a leading edge analysis tool and named ANGOSS Software
one of the "100 Best Sources for Marketing Information for 1995".

PowerPlay's multidimensional technology allows managers to view multiple
data perspectives, providing them with an instant view of what is driving
their business that was previously available only to dedicated analysts.
PowerPlay's built-in data compression capabilities allow managers to make
queries directly from the desktop or laptop, dynamically making
calculations and analyzing trends.

Impromptu, Cognos' enterprise query and reporting tool, propels business
decisions and reporting, by allowing end users to access the detail stored
in corporate databases. At the same time it frees IS administrators from
the time-consuming and expensive task of assembling data for end users who
lack the ability to search various databases themselves. Impromptu also
includes dozens of ReportWise intelligent templates, complete with
powerful logic calculations and automated macro processing, for use with
reports.

Single copies, of PowerPlay are available for $795 Cdn. Impromptu single
copies are available for $795. Cdn and $925.Cdn. for the Administrator
edition with discount schedules available for volume purchases and
enterprise licensing. PowerPlay and Impromptu currently require Windows
3.1, a IBM PC or compatible 386, and 4 MB. A 486 PC is recommended.

ANGOSS Software, one of Canada's hundred fastest growing companies for the
last two years, is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with subsidiaries in
the United States, Europe and a Pacific Rim agency based in Australia.

Cognos is uniquely positioned to deliver business intelligence software to
satisfy enterprise-wide data access and reporting needs. With over 100,000
seats in thousands of companies, PowerPlay and Impromptu consistently
service the widest range of users across corporate, department, workgroup,
personal, and mobile applications. The products support over 100
relational and OLAP data sources and are translated in eight languages
Cognos Business Intelligence products are available through the company's
45 sales offices and 250 resellers worldwide.

Cognos develops, markets and supports -- both directly and through
resellers worldwide-advances client/server development and reporting tools
on a wide range of open and proprietary platforms, including UNIX and
Microsoft Windows desktop. Cognos is a publicly held company with dual
headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and Burlington, Mass.

ANGOSS Software International
Suite 201, 430 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 1J5
416-593-1122,  fax 416-593-5077
CIS: 71333,3661
 
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