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SON Systems Awarded "Summit Award for Partner Sales Excellence" from Cognos, an IBM Company at Partner Summit 2008
Each year, Cognos, an IBM Company, proudly recognizes partners who have demonstrated exceptional innovation, thought leadership, industry expertise and passion for the Cognos Suite of solutions around Corporate Performance Management over the past fiscal year. In addition to those recognized at the Partner Award ceremony, Cognos also applauds partners who receive recognition from their Regional Offices for Partner Solution Sales Excellence.
This year, Son Systems was one of the recipients of the Partner Sales Excellence Award at Cognos Partner Summit 2008. Chosen as one of the leading partners for providing sales and services excellence to some of the leading industry verticals such as Higher Education, Finance and Banking, High Tech, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing and others
The Cognos Awards honor vendors, consulting and solution providers focused on creating and cultivating rewarding customer experiences and relationships through sales and adoption of Cognos software and valued partner service offerings.
SON Systems to Exhibit at the annual Cognos Forum in Las Vegas, NV May 12-15, 2008
We are proud to be exhibiting at the annual Cognos (an IBM Company) Forum at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, NV May 12-15. If you plan on attending, please stop by the SON Systems booth. Click on the logo below for more information:
IBM Completes Acquisition Of Cognos
ARMONK, NY, January 31, 2008-IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Cognos® (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN), a publicly-held company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. IBM will reveal its business strategy for the Cognos acquisition during a press briefing on February 6.
IBM to Acquire Cognos to Accelerate Information on Demand Business Initiative
ARMONK, NY and OTTAWA, November 12, 2007 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Cognos® (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN) today announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Cognos, a publicly-held company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in an all-cash transaction at a price of approximately $5 billion USD or $58 USD per share, with a net transaction value of $4.9 billion USD. The acquisition is subject to Cognos shareholder approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. It is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008.
SON Systems to Exhibit at Two Premier Performance Management & Business Intelligence Conferences
We are proud to be exhibiting at two of our strategic partners' respective Performance Management & Business Intelligence conferences:
• The first ever Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference from May 9 - 11, 2007 in Seattle, Washington
• The annual Cognos Forum from May 14 - 17 in Orlando, Florida.
SON|Systems Appoints Joey Beitdashtoo as President & COO
Former VP at Cognos and Senior VP from Hummingbird brings 28-years technology experience to SON|Systems International
Philadelphia, PA. - February 1, 2007 - SON|Systems International, a premier solution innovator providing corporate performance management and business intelligence portal solution services for over 20 years, today announced the appointment of Joey Beitdashtoo as President & Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Beitdashtoo brings extensive experience in the sales and delivery of software solutions and services to small and medium sized businesses, global 1000 companies and the public sector. He will be responsible for developing and linking business strategy to operational innovation, leading the company's sales and go to market strategy with both existing and new product solutions and services initiatives.
"Mr. Beitdashtoo's background reflects a long record of significant achievements and contributions in managing and leading broad range of e-business activities in both strategic and operational capacity, primary spent in Business Intelligence (BI), Corporate Performance Management (CPM), Business Process Management (BPM), Analytic Applications, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Enterprise Information Portals (EIP), Data Warehousing, ETL solutions and systems integration." said Eric W. Burling, CEO of SON|Systems International, Inc. "The company is on a high growth path with its CPM Portal solution and Joey brings the operational expertise, business proficiency and know how to simply execute on the road ahead." Said Eric C. Burling, Founder and Chairman of SON|Systems International, Inc.
"I'm very excited and truly believe we can achieve terrific things in the months and years ahead. My first priority is to extend and expand our sales, marketing, support and services capabilities, both directly and through strategic partnerships. I want to accelerate growth in small to medium size businesses and increase momentum in large and enterprises size opportunities out of the gate," commented Beitdashtoo. | 
