This presentation discusses how IBM Cognos business intelligence tools can help IT professionals empower business users to make better decisions while also meeting IT requirements for performance, compliance, and scalability. It provides an overview of IBM Cognos 8 BI and its reporting, analysis, dashboard, and planning capabilities. It also summarizes new features in version 8.4 like annotations, improved charts, greater mobile interactivity, and expanded Excel analysis. Finally, it describes IBM Cognos TM1 as an in-memory OLAP engine for planning and analysis with familiar Excel and web interfaces.