Cognos has expanded its strategic relationship with Informatica Corporation, a leading provider of data integration and data quality software.

Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, has signed a worldwide reseller agreement with Informatica for its data quality software.

The companies will also expand their go-to-market cooperation in the field for data integration to provide customers with complete best-of-breed solutions, said an official spokesman.

'Data quality is a business issue that impacts corporate performance, and business stakeholders are key to the success of any data quality initiative,' said senior vice-president of Worldwide Software and Services Research at IDC Henry Morris.

Under terms of the agreement, Cognos will resell Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer products as part of its performance management portfolio.

Cognos and Informatica will also team to jointly provide customers with data integration capabilities that will enhance and strengthen the overall performance management solutions in their organisations.

Informatica Data Quality allows business leaders to collaborate with IT and take ownership in improving the quality of data for performance management initiatives, empowering the right people in the organisation to implement effective and durable data quality processes.

The data quality reseller agreement and the proactive collaboration around data integration expand the reach of Informatica's best-of-breed capabilities to new performance management markets and provide interoperability with Cognos Performance Management for customers.

The Cognos Performance Management System combines technology, best practices, analytical applications, and a broad network of partners into a single performance management solution for its customers.Trade Arabia News Service