IBM Cognos Analytics
IBM Cognos Analytics is a business intelligence platform that combines reporting, dashboards and AI-assisted analysis over certified data models. Users can ask questions in natural language to generate visualizations, build custom reports and track KPIs, and use forecasting. It adds audit trails and fine-grained access controls, and runs in cloud, on-premises or hybrid environments.
IBM Cognos Analytics is an IBM product filed under Business Intelligence Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 8 versions listed, latest 12.1.x (17 Apr 2025).
Source: IBM Cognos Analytics: Governed BI with Agentic AI, retrieved 15 Oct 2026
Releases and Lifecycle
All IBM productsRelease and support dates as published by IBM; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
IBM Cognos Analytics 8 versions
The 10.2.x row is the Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 line as IBM lists it under Cognos Analytics.
Lifecycle Policy
- Continuous Delivery. IBM provides support for at least two years from general availability, with optional support extensions of at least one further year for an extra charge. [6]
- Support Cycle-3. Support Cycle provides defect and non-defect support for at least three years from general availability; Extended Support may be purchased for up to four further years. [6]
- Other. Products listed as Other may not follow the two-to-five-year support period or offer support extensions; IBM details them in the Product Lifecycle comments and announcement letters. [6]
- XaaS. Technical support for an Anything as a Service offering is included in the cloud service and ends when the service ends; support extensions are not available. [6]
Sources 1
- IBM Product Lifecycle List (CSV) retrieved 2026-10-13