BURLINGTON, Mass. & NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accenture , a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company and Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM), have been selected by Miller Brewing Company, America's 2nd largest brewer, to implement a performance management solution across Miller's commercial organization within the U.S.

The initiative is aimed at enhancing Miller's operational and financial performance management. As a result, Miller Brewing Company will gain better visibility of its business, improved ability to plan, shortened decision cycles and increased accountability with greater alignment to monitor performance against priorities.

Cognos' solution for CPM is comprised of: Cognos Enterprise BI Series, a comprehensive business intelligence solution, Cognos Planning and consolidation solutions, industry-leading software for planning, budgeting, modeling, forecasting and financial consolidation; and Cognos Metrics Manager, a flexible enterprise scorecarding application.

"Miller Brewing Company's selection of our CPM solution illustrates Miller's market leadership as it drives business performance for greater competitive advantage," said Dave Laverty, senior vice-president of global marketing at Cognos. "We look forward to teaming with Accenture to deliver performance management solutions that create measurable business benefit."

ABOUT MILLER BREWING COMPANY:

Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Company is the oldest major brewer in America, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2005. Miller is a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller plc, one of the world's largest brewers. Miller's principal beer brands are Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft and Miller High Life. The company imports Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Foster's and has craft brews Leinenkugel's and Henry Weinhard's. Its portfolio of brands also includes Milwaukee's Best and Sharp's, a non-alcohol brew. Miller produces Icehouse from the Plank Road Brewery, a small division of Miller; Olde English 800; and Mickey's Malt Liquor.

ABOUT ACCENTURE:

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With more than 110,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$13.67 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2004. Its home page is http://www.accenture.com/.

ABOUT COGNOS:

Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management, delivers software and services that help companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance.

Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage -- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) -- achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Our integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence.

Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com/.

Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

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Media Contacts: Carrie Bendzsa Cognos, 613-738-1440 carrie.bendzsa@cognos.com Donna Keenan Lois Paul & Partners, 781-782-5791 donna_keenan@lpp.com Caitlin Storhaug Accenture, 415-537-5458 caitlin.storhaug@accenture.com Investor Relations: John Lawlor Cognos, 613-738-3503 john.lawlor@cognos.com

CONTACT: Carrie Bendzsa, Media Contact, +1-613-738-1440,
carrie.bendzsa@cognos.com, or John Lawlor, Investor Relations,
+1-613-738-3503, john.lawlor@cognos.com, both of Cognos; or Donna Keenan,
Media Contact of Lois Paul & Partners, +1-781-782-5791, donna_keenan@lpp.com,
or Caitlin Storhaug, Media Contact of Accenture, +1-415-537-5458,
caitlin.storhaug@accenture.com

Web site: http://www.cognos.com/
http://www.accenture.com/

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