COGNOS TO SUPPORT ORACLE WORKGROUP SERVER

-- Impromptu to Provide Access to New Windows NT DBMS --

BURLINGTON, MA, March 15, 1994-- Cognos (NASDAQ:COGNF;TSE;CSN) today
announced its intent to enter into a strategic agreement with Oracle
Corporation to support Oracle Workgroup Server with Impromptu, Cognos'
database access and reporting tool. Current discussions are focused on
joint distribution, integration of technology and joint marketing
strategies.

"We believe that the combination of an industry leading database, Oracle7,
and the number one reporting tool, Impromptu, completes the enterprise
database access strategy," said Alan Rottenberg, vice president, general
manager, desktop division. "This solution set, focusing on the enterprise,
will have a huge impact on how reporting and analysis is viewed."

The Oracle Workgroup Server for Windows NT is a powerful but easy-to-use
database which works well with popular applications like Cognos'
Impromptu. Impromptu's database reporting capabilities are well matched
with Oracle Workgroup Server's focus on the low end server market.

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

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